Title
The relationship of on-call work with fatigue, work-home interference, and perceived performance difficulties
Author
Ziebertz, C.M.
van Hooff, M.L.M.
Beckers, D.G.J.
Hooftman, W.E.
Kompier, M.A.J.
Geurts, S.A.E.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between on-call duty exposure (active and total on-call hours a month, number of calls per duty) and employees’ experiences of being on-call (stress due to unpredictability, ability to relax during inactive on-call periods, restrictions during on-call duties, on-call work demands, and satisfaction with compensation for on-call duties) on the one hand and fatigue, strain-based and time-based work-home interference (WHI), and perceived on-call performance difficulties (PPD) on the other hand. Methods. Cross-sectional survey data were collected among a large heterogeneous sample of Dutch employees (N=5437). The final sample consisted of 157 on-call workers (23–69 years, 71% males). Data were analyzed by means of hierarchical regression analyses (controlling for age and job characteristics). Results. Differences in on-call work exposure were not systematically related to fatigue, WHI, and PPD (all p’s 0.50). The experience of being on-call explained a medium proportion of the variation in fatigue and strain-based WHI and a medium to large proportion of the variation in time-based WHI and PPD over and above the control variables. Conclusions. Our results suggest that it is employees’ experience of being on-call, especially the experience of stress due to the unpredictability, rather than the amount of exposure, that is related to fatigue, WHI, and perceived on-call performance difficulties.
Subject
Life
WHC - Work, Health and Care
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Work and Employment
Workplace
Healthy Living
Age
Aged
Compensation
Cross-sectional study
Fatigue
Female
Gender
Household
Human
Job experience
Job performance
Job satisfaction
Job stress
Leisure
Major clinical study
Male
Marriage
Occupation and occupation related phenomena
Occupational exposure
On call work
Personal autonomy
Progeny
Social support
Work home interference
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/643413
TNO identifier
526300
Source
BioMed Research International
Article number
643413
Document type
article