Atypical work schedules and gender: new questions for ergonomics?
There is a general rise in the number of people working on atypical schedules, with a faster progression for women. Atypical work schedules are known to have dramatic health effects on both men and women. In ergonomics, atypical work schedules and gender can be approached in terms of how they are related to the balance between work life and home life. Striking this balance is difficult for women in the best cases, and can be very complex when work schedules extend beyond the normal workday. The purpose of this paper is to review the issue of atypical schedules and gender, and to suggest and discuss some research avenues in relation to our recent findings. Ergonomics is aimed at transforming work situations, so one possible research approach is to analyze the strategies used by working women to manage their home and family life and study the arrangements they make to reconcile their atypical work schedules with their workload at home. New methodological tools are needed to address these current ergonomic research topics.
Barthe, B. Abbas,L.
Université Toulouse 2 le Mirail - UMR 5263 CNRS –Cognition, Langues, Langage & Ergonomie (CLLE) - La Université Toulouse 2 le Mirail - UMR 5263 CNRS – Cognition, Langues, Langage & Ergonomie (CLLE) - L
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-4
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）