Individual and organizational consequences of employee-determined flexibility in shift schedules of police patrols

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ID21177752
AutoresBernd Bürger (Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung, autor de correspondencia), Friedhelm Nachreiner (Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung)
Año2018
Volumen19
Número3
Páginas284-303
Fecha de publicación2018-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolice Practice and Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1561-4263 • E-ISSN: 1477-271X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15614263.2017.1419130
OpenAlexW2776614662
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas29

This paper determines the impacts of employee-determined flexibility (self-rostering) within police patrol shiftwork systems. The study is based on a cross sectional online survey with police patrol officers from one state of the Federal Republic of Germany (n = 927). The results show that pure employee-determined flexibility on the one hand leads to a good compatibility of shiftwork with social life (individual consequences). On the other hand, it is associated with a loss of work-related social structures and drawbacks concerning work-climate, leadership, as well as reciprocal trust and support (organizational consequences). In contrast, these findings are almost reverted under the traditional Four Shift Groups System which does not provide any self-determined elements. However, a Five Shift Groups System with an employer determined basic roster and some employee determined flexibility provides comparable positive results as the full flexible system considering work–life-balance, but does not share its significant negative effects on social community at work as well as disadvantages regarding leadership

Business · Economics · Management · Political science · Public relations · Reciprocal · Shift work · Work systems · Work–life balance · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being