| Abstract: | The present study investigated the relationship between shift time and use of leisure time, nonwork satisfaction, and mental and physical health among rank-and-file workers (N = 383) in a manufacturing organization and between shift time and use of leisure time, mental and physical health, and three dimensions of work performance (job performance, job motivation, and patients' care) among nurses (N = 440) in two hospitals. Results are generally supportive of the hypothesis that employees on fixed shift time (high routine oriented) are better off than employees on rotating shift time (low routine oriented) in terms of criterion variables of the present study. Six demographic and background variables—age, marital status, place of socialization (rural vs urban), seniority, cultural background (French vs English speaking), and respondent's sex—are measured and their association with the above relationships analyzed. Results are discussed in light of the previous empirical evidence on shift work. |
