The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work-home conflict among Norwegian workers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Working outside the workplace and ordinary work hours has become common for a larger part of the working population. The objective of the current study was to examine the relationship between working after-hours and employee burnout, musculoskeletal pain, detachment and work-home conflict, delineating the independent effect of four different types of after-hours work, and the moderating role of work-time control.

Methods

The data comprised longitudinal questionnaire data from 1465 full-time employees in Norway across four waves (2021-2022). We examined the link between four types of after-hours work: (i) long daily work hours (>10 hours); (ii) late evening work (after 21:00 hours); (iii) quick returns (<11 hours continued rest); and (iv) long weekly work hours (>4

SUBMITTER: Bernstrom VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11710905 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature