Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

  • Volume 34
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  • Pages.20.1-20.12
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  • 2022
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  • 1225-3618(pISSN)
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  • 2052-4374(eISSN)
The Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (대한직업환경의학회)
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Relationship between of working hours, weekend work, and shift work and work-family conflicts among Korean manufacturers

  • Yohan Lee (Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • SooYoung Lee (Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yoon-Ji Kim (Department of Preventive, and Occupational & Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Youngki Kim (Department of Preventive, and Occupational & Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Se-Yeong Kim (Department of Preventive, and Occupational & Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Dongmug Kang (Department of Preventive, and Occupational & Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2021.01.28
  • Accepted : 2022.07.19
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

Background: In the manufacturing industry, work-family conflict (WFC) is related to working hour characteristics. Earlier studies on the relationship between working hour characteristics and WFC in the manufacturing industry have been limited to some regions in Korea. No study has addressed the data on a national scale. Thus, this study investigated the impact of weekly working hours, weekend work, and shift work on WFC using national-scale data. Methods: This study was based on the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey of 5,432 manufacturers. WFC consists of 5 variables; WFC1 "kept worrying about work"; WFC2 "felt too tired after work"; WFC3 "work prevented time for family"; WFC4 "difficult to concentrate on work"; WFC5 "family responsibilities prevented time for work". As WFC refers to the inter-role conflict between the need for paid work and family work, WFC has been measured in two directions, work to family conflict (WTFC: WFC1, 2, 3) and family to work conflict (FTWC: WFC4, 5). With these WFC variables, we conducted multiple logistic analyses to study how working hours, weekend work, and shift work impact WFC. Results: Korean manufacturers' prolonged working hours increased all aspects of WFCs. Odds ratios (ORs) of WFCs based on working hours (reference of under 40 hours) of 41-52, 53-60, over 61 were 1.247, 1.611, 2.279 (WFC1); 1.111, 2.561, 6.442 (WFC2); 1.219, 3.495, 8.327 (WFC3); 1.076, 2.019, 2.656 (WFC4); and 1.166, 1.592, 1.946 (WFC5), respectively. Shiftwork in the WFC2 model showed a significantly higher OR of 1.390. Weekend work 'only on Saturday' had significant ORs with WFC2 (1.323) and WFC3 (1.552). Conclusions: An increase in working hours leads to the spending of less time attending to problems between work and family, causing both WTFC and FTWC to increase. As weekends, evenings, and nighttime are considered to be family-friendly to people, working on weekends and shift-work were highly correlated to WTFC.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI) for providing the raw data of the Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) for this study. The paper's contents are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the OSHRI.

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