Administrative rationality and coping strategies in shift work


Autoria(s): Lieber, Renato Rocha; Kvieska, Rodrigo Neiva; Delamaro, Mauricio Cesar
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/01/2012

Resumo

Shift work (SW) can affect worker health and productivity. Working at night, workers often accumulate fatigue and are less productive. In Brazil, laws have been drafted aiming to reduce night work and rotating shift hours. In order to slash costs, companies have been looking for new arrangements to improve productivity under these conditions. The purpose of this study was to examine management changes and their outcomes in a large glass factory located in an industrial region of Brazil. The results show that the management, seeking equal productivity among shifts, focused its efforts mainly on distributing employee expertise. The arrangement resulted in 12 different groups that combine to serve three fixed shifts. A same shift can be served by more than one group, and the members of a same group share days off on different days. There was no statistically significant productivity difference among the three shifts. The on-site examination showed that part of the production was held by the workers and transferred to the next shift in order for them to be able to meet the management's performance rate requirements. The finding shows how a Brazilian cultural trait (resistance without conflict) is used to drive coping in SW.

Formato

5847-5849

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-0971-5847

Work-a Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation. Amsterdam: IOS Press, v. 41, p. 5847-5849, 2012.

1051-9815

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/9512

10.3233/WOR-2012-0971-5847

WOS:000306361805238

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

IOS Press

Relação

Work-a Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Productivity #Resistance strategy #solidarity #Culture #Brazil
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article