title: Work-life balance among shift workers: results from an intervention study about self-rostering.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of the study were to explore the effects of the implementation of IT-based tools for planning of rosters among shift workers on work-family-related outcomes and to interpret the results in light of the different implementation processes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental intervention study was conducted with 12-month follow-up at 14 intervention and 14 reference worksites in Denmark. Workplaces planning to introduce IT-supported self-rostering were recruited, and three different kinds of interventions were implemented. Intervention A and B aimed at increasing workers satisfaction and well-being, while intervention C was designed to optimize the personnel resources. Questionnaire data were collected from 840 employees at baseline and 784 at follow-up. Process evaluation encompassed interviews with about 25 employees and 15 managers at baseline and follow-up. Work-family-related outcomes were work-life conflicts, work-life facilitation, marital conflicts and time with children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An overall decline in work-family conflicts and increase in work-family facilitation were found in the total intervention group. More specifically, in group B, work-family conflicts and marital conflicts decreased while work-family facilitation increased. In group C, work-family conflicts increased while work-family facilitation and time spend with children decreased, and no significant changes were observed in the reference group and in group A.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An overall positive effect of the implementation of self-rostering was found on the balance between work and private life. However, results from the process evaluation suggested that the organizational aim with the intervention was crucial for the effect.
authors: Team Workinglife, Trekronergade 15,1., 2500, Valby, Denmark, kal@teamarbejdsliv.dk.
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Albertsen
authors: Anne Helene
authors: AH
authors: Garde
authors: Kirsten
authors: K
authors: Nabe-Nielsen
authors: Ase Marie
authors: AM
authors: Hansen
authors: Henrik
authors: H
authors: Lund
authors: Helge
authors: H
authors: Hvid
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*