ArticleBMC public health2019
Fatigue in ferry shipping employees: the role of work-family conflict and supervisor support.
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- Mental health and psychological wellbeing of maritime personnel: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Measurement Methods of Fatigue, Sleepiness, and Sleep Behaviour Aboard Ships: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- The Influences of Supportive Leadership and Family Social Support on Female Managers' Organizational Effectiveness: The Mediating Effect of Positive Spillover between Work and Family.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychosocial issues and sleep quality among seafarers: a mixed methods study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- [Tiredness, fatigue and exhaustion: all the same or manifestations of a continuum?-Food for thought].Somnologie : Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin = Somnology : sleep research and sleep medicine · 2022Review
- Long working hours, poor sleep quality, and work-family conflict: determinant factors of fatigue among Indonesian tugboat crewmembers.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Objective Assessments of Mental Fatigue During a Continuous Long-Term Stress Condition.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Psychosocial factors associated with fatigue in mining work.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
- Analysis of the Impact of Officers of the Watch's Mental and Physical Health Issues on Collision and Grounding Accidents.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundFatigue is a concern in ferry shipping as it has a negative impact on crew members health and plays a major role in marine incidents and accidents. Research within land-based occupational settings has found that work-family conflict is an important risk factor for fatigue and that support from leaders constitutes a possible resource with the potential to buffer a negative impact from work-family conflict. Though, the working conditions of ferry shipping are likely to interfere with employee's family life those two factors have received little attention in research on seafarers' health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the direct associations between work-family conflict as well as leaders' support with fatigue in employees of the Danish ferry shipping industry. Further, the study aimed at testing whether support could buffer potential detrimental associations between work-family conflict and fatigue.
methodsThe study design was cross-sectional, and 193 respondents answered to a self-administered questionnaire. Fatigue was measured with the Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory. Perceived work-family conflict and perceived supervisor support were assessed with two subscales from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire. The association of potential risk factors with fatigue was determined using hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses.
resultsAfter controlling for confounding, work-family conflict was found to be positively associated with four of the five subdimensions of fatigue; lack of energy, physical discomfort, lack of motivation and sleepiness, while more support from supervisors was related to less lack of energy, physical exhaustion and lack of motivation. Further, supervisor support was found to moderate the effect from work-family conflict on the physical subdimensions of fatigue.
conclusionAlthough restricted by its cross-sectional design and a limited sample, this study provides support for the independent relevance of work family conflict and support from nearest superior for employee fatigue in ferry shipping. Further, there was evidence for a moderating role of such support on the negative impact of work-family conflict on the physical aspects of fatigue. Shipping companies may consider commencing initiatives which reduce conflicts between family life and work obligations, and that leader support may be a relevant component in such initiatives.
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