title: Self-rostering and psychosocial work factors - a mixed methods intervention study.
abstract: This study aims at 1) examining the effect of self-rostering on emotional demands, quantitative demands, work pace, influence, social community at work, social support from leaders and colleagues, job satisfaction, and negative acts, 2) examining whether this effect was mediated through increased influence on the scheduling of working hours, and interpreting the results in light of the different implementation processes that emerged in the study and by including qualitative data. We conducted a 12 months follow-up, quasi-experimental study of self-rostering among 28 workplaces out of which 14 served as reference workplaces. We also interviewed 26 employees and 14 managers about their expectations of introducing self-rostering. In the present study implementation of self-rostering had a positive effect on job demands and the social environment of the workplace, especially if the intervention does not comprise drastic changes of the organisation of the employees' work and private life.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: stk935@sund.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Åse Marie
authors.initials: ÅM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nabe-Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Team Working Life, Trekronergade 15, 1, 2500 Valby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Albertsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hogh
authors.affiliation: The Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.affiliation: The Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hvid
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne Helene
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Garde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006757:Hospital Units; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Flexible working hours; Social support