United States Department of Transportation
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Workforce Productivity: Schedules, Fatigue, & Health On Female Intermodal Transportation Workers
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2016-08-01
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Abstract:The present study was designed to determine the magnitude of the relationship between productivity and the amount, frequency, and length of shift work completed by female transportation employees and the number, degree, and extent of problems related to physical and psychological health including depression. It was hypothesized that long-term productivity impacts may be affected by transportation professionals engaged in shift work on a regular basis who will have placed themselves at higher risk for developing health or psychosocial related effects. These health related outcomes can have a profound impact on an employee’s job performance, daily functioning, and personal life. The present study sought to understand the potential relationship between working shift work and higher disturbances to the bodies’ natural functioning. It was hoped that the study would identify factors that could lead to decreased risk for those doing shift work by adding to the overall understanding of this multifaceted relationship. The overall purpose of the study was to gain a better understanding of the effects on productivity of shift work of females working within the transportation industry. This study has implications for explaining that the effects of disturbances to the circadian rhythm as a result of certain shift work schedules can result in related ill-health effects. This study sought to explain the health implications specifically for female workers as fewer studies have been conducted with gender as a main effect in the analysis. The present study suggests that due to the circadian rhythm controlling hormone secretion within the body, disturbances to its natural rhythm can have additional effects on female cycles such as menstruation. Overall, this study offers implications for further research on females working shift work and highlights the continued importance for further exploration into recent developments. These implications have the potential to further our current understanding of the relationship between shift work and ill-health effects, particularly the factors that women face
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