Shift Your Work : Towards sustainable employability by implementing new shift systems
doctoral thesis
This thesis is the result of the ‘Shift Your Work’ study, which aims to contribute to a better understanding of sustainable employability of older shift workers by implementing new shift systems. This thesis builds on two premises. The first premise constitutes that shift work becomes more demanding with older age (Part I), the second premise entails that the type of shift system may contribute to sustainable employability. The ageing shift worker The premise that shift work becomes more demanding with older age is based upon the adverse effects of shift work on health, performance and social life due to the disturbance of biological and social circadian rhythms in combination with the physiological deterioration with older age. Yet, at the intersection of shift work and age, evidence is lacking, leading to the overall objective of Part I: to examine the effects of shift work on health, work functioning and social life within different shift systems, with a special focus on age.
TNO Identifier
781272
ISBN
978-94-6299-696-0 (printed)
978-94-6299-743-1 (digital)
978-94-6299-743-1 (digital)
Publisher
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Collation
181 p.
Place of publication
Groningen