Flexibilität und Verfügbarkeit durch Rufbereitschaft – die Folgen für Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden/ Achieving flexibility and availability through on-call work. The impact on health and well-being

Vahle-Hinz Tim () and Bamberg Eva ()
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Vahle-Hinz Tim: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Psychologie Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie Von-Melle-Park 11 D-20146 Hamburg
Bamberg Eva: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Psychologie Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie Von-Melle-Park 11 D-20146 Hamburg

Arbeit, 2009, vol. 18, issue 4, 327-339

Abstract: To act promptly and on demand is becoming an ever more pressing issue for companies. In the use of on-call work, employees must be available when needed. On-call work can be defined as background duty which covers the demand beyond regular working hours. Whilst working on-call, the employee is required to work when called. The employee can freely choose his/her location, as long as he/she is reachable by the employer (Federal Labour Court, 2000). Based on the limited literature on the impact of on-call work, one can conclude that on-call work goes in line with increased stress, and impairment of both sleep and mental health (Nicol & Botterill, 2004). However there are several limitations in this field of research. Most studies were conducted in a cross sectional design, and rarely in the form of diary studies. Because the term “on-call” has a variety of meanings (Carley, 2007), there is always an uncertainty over what exactly is meant by the term. The following article reviews previous research into on-call work, and briefly describes own findings.

Keywords: Working hours; strain; job design; Arbeitsgestaltung; Arbeitszeit; Belastung/Beanspruchung; Working hours; strain; job design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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