Precarious Work Schedules and Sleep: A Study of Unionized Full-Time Workers.

ABSTRACT: Unlike precarious employment which is temporary and insecure, with inadequate pay, benefits, and legal protections, precarious work schedules can affect workers with permanent full-time jobs in sectors where employment has historically been secure, well-compensated, and even unionized. Precarious work schedules - characterized by long shifts, non-daytime hours, intensity and unsocial work hours - are increasingly prevalent. Relations between precarious work schedules and poor health are not well understood, and less is known about how to attenuate this relation. We examined the indirect effects of precarious work schedules on fatigue and depressive symptoms through sleep quantity. Two moderators - schedule flexibility and sleep quality - were examined as buffers of these asso

SUBMITTER: Dugan AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8962924 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature