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The twelve-hour shift in the petroleum and chemical industries of the United States and Canada : a study of current experience

Title
The twelve-hour shift in the petroleum and chemical industries of the United States and Canada : a study of current experience / by James T. Wilson and Karen M. Rose.
Author
Wilson, James T.
Publication
Philadelphia : Industrial Research Unit, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1978.

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Additional Authors
Rose, Karen M.
Description
iv, 58 pages; 28 cm.
Summary
Research report on implementation and effects of twelve-hour shift work in the petroleum industry and chemical industry in the USA and Canada - based on interview-questionnaire surveys, discusses employees attitudes and management attitudes toward rearrangement of working time and costs of overtime as well as trade union attitudes, etc., and examines issues relating to occupational safety, absenteeism, labour turnover, labour productivity and efficiency, job satisfaction and moonlighting. References and statistical tables.
Series Statement
Industrial research reports. Miscellaneous series ; no. 26
Uniform Title
Industrial research reports. Miscellaneous series ; no. 26.
Subject
  • Shift systems > United States
  • Shift systems > Canada
  • Petroleum workers > United States
  • Petroleum workers > Canada
  • Chemical workers > United States
  • Chemical workers > Canada
  • Chemical workers
  • Petroleum workers
  • Shift systems
  • chemical industry
  • petroleum industry
  • shift work
  • absenteeism
  • arrangement of working time
  • cost
  • efficiency
  • employees attitude
  • interview
  • job satisfaction
  • labour productivity
  • labour turnover
  • management attitude
  • moonlighting
  • occupational safety
  • overtime
  • questionnaire
  • statistical table
  • survey
  • trade union attitude
  • industrie chimique
  • industrie pétrolière
  • travail posté
  • absentéisme
  • aménagement du temps de travail
  • attitude des salariés
  • attitude patronale
  • attitude syndicale
  • coût
  • efficacité
  • enquête
  • heures supplémentaires
  • productivité du travail
  • rotation de la main-d'oeuvre
  • satisfaction au travail
  • sécurité du travail
  • tableau statistique
  • travail au noir
  • industria del petróleo
  • industria química
  • trabajo por turnos
  • actitud de la dirección
  • actitud de los trabajadores
  • actitud sindical
  • ausentismo
  • costo
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • cuestionario
  • eficiencia
  • encuesta
  • entrevista
  • horas extraordinarias
  • ordenamiento del tiempo de trabajo
  • pluriempleo
  • productividad del trabajo
  • renovación de la mano de obra
  • satisfacción en el trabajo
  • seguridad en el trabajo
  • Canada
  • United States
  • Canada
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Canadá
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • reference.
  • research report.
  • rapport de recherche.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • informe de investigación.
  • referencia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
78060542
OCLC
  • ocm04290825
  • 4290825
  • SCSB-23950
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library