Machine Pacing and Shiftwork: Evidence for Job Stress

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• Personal Author:
  Colligan, Michael J. ; Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr.
• Description:
  Machine-paced work and shiftwork are highly prevalent working conditions commonly believed to have adverse individual and organizational consequences. This article examines the empirical evidence for such effects, and acknowledges the conceptual and methodological problems which have clearly plagued pacing and shiftwork researchers. The literature on pacing while suggestive of overall health and performance effects indicates that the magnitude of such effects are in all likelihood situationally and individually determined. Very little is known, however, about such interactions. Similarly, the shiftwork literature is contradictory and inconclusive. Shiftwork appears to affect both the quality and quantity of sleep and to disrupt a wide range of physiological and behavioral circadian rhythms. The long-term consequences of these effects are still not known. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Diagnosis Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Clinical-diagnosis Diagnostic-techniques Industrial-psychology Machine-operators Occupational-psychology Psychological-reactions Psychophysiology Stress Workers Workplace-studies
• ISBN:
  0866566309
• Publisher:
  Haworth Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  159-175
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026502
• Citation:
  Job Stress: From Theory to Suggestion. Ivancevich JM, and Ganster DC, eds., New York: Haworth Press, 1987 Jan; :159-175
• Editor(s):
  Ivancevich JM; Ganster DC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Job Stress: From Theory to Suggestion
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f98b8227a701821c9272ee73d4c1ffb9fba0068861844ca05ba48331ce0c36ad4a72b5eff81fbf17b740155b6d72273a1f403abce0a18fb72939ab4b8a8aff36
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197311/cdc_197311_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.52 MB ]