Shift work can be seen as one of the many factors and conditions associated with the health, safety, and wellbeing of industrial workers. Social, cultural and emotional quality also deserves our attention on human aspects of shift work, because it concerns individuals’ physiology, psychology, genetic and family heritage, social and cultural traits, life style, and circadian rhythms. It is more likely to become apparent that intervening and local factors are related with human aspects of shift work that should be carefully considered in order to improve individuals’ performance, tolerance, familiarity with different shift schedule, family and social lives, as well as to control work‐related difficulties. To address this concern, this paper describes some intervening factors involved with human aspects of shift work in the context of a developing country, Bangladesh, with the aim of identifying local factors and situations in making shift work safe, healthier and productive.
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M. Rabiul Ahasan;
M. Rabiul Ahasan
M. Rabiul Ahasan is from the Work Science Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland.
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Donna Campbell;
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell works at the Occupational Health Clinic, Ontario, Canada.
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Alan Salmoni;
Alan Salmoni
Alan Salmoni is from the School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, Canada
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John Lewko
John Lewko
John Lewko is at the Centre for Research in Human Development at Laurentian University, Canada.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7859
Print ISSN: 1366-5626
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Journal of Workplace Learning (2001) 13 (4): 164–172.
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Rabiul Ahasan M, Campbell D, Salmoni A, Lewko J (2001), "Some intervening and local factors among shift workers in a developing country – Bangladesh". Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 13 No. 4 pp. 164–172, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620110391105
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