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The Standard Shiftwork Index (SSI)

You can download the the Standard Shiftwork Index (SSI) and a brief manual which describes the source of the various scales, their scoring, etc. A paper that describes the SSI in greater detail is:
Barton, J., Costa, G., Smith, L., Spelten, E., Totterdell, P. & Folkard, S. (1995) The Standard Shiftwork Index: A battery of questionnaires for assessing shiftwork-related problems. Work and Stress. 9, 3-30.

You can also download an abridged version of the SSI, the Survey of Shiftworkers (SOS), which excludes some of the less sensitive scales and the individual difference measures, but also includes some additional measures. The main additional measures are the retrospective ratings of alertness which are described in detail in:
Folkard, S., Spelten, E., Totterdell, P., Barton, J. & Smith, L. (1995) The use of survey measures to assess circadian variations in alertness. Sleep. 18, 355-61.

You are welcome to use either or both of these questionnaires in any non-profit-making research. The only thing we would ask is (i) that you acknowledge their source in any resultant report, and (ii) that you make copies of any reports resulting from their usage available to other users.

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Link to the Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST)

http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/home.html
Author: Maura Tomi
Description: The Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST), located in Montreal (QC), Canada, carries out scientific activities concentrated in seven research fields: accidents, chemical substances and biological agents, musculoskeletal disorders, noise and vibration, protective equipment, occupational rehabilitation, safety of industrial tools, machines and processes. More information about the Institute and its research activities, as well as about 1000 research reports are available for free download. IRSST stands for Institut de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du travail
Available in: EN, FR

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Some interesting Links to the European foundation for the Improvement of working and living conditions

Comparative studies: http://eiro.eurofound.ie/ComparativeStudies.html BEST No. 1/2000. Shiftwork and Health 2000
Author: Wedderburn, Alexander
Summary: Shiftwork and other forms of working at unusual hours, and especially working at night have always raised some health concerns. This issue of BEST aims to provide help and guidance in this complex area.
Available in: DE, EN, FR


BEST No. 2/2000. Working time in the retail sector 2000
Author: Wedderburn, Alexander
Summary: The present bulletin provides an update on developments in working time in the retail sector in Europe, highlights the issues as stake and offers practical information on the organisation of time.
Available in: DE, EN, FR


Flexibility and Working Conditions: a European bibliographical review 2000
Author: Goudswaard, Anneke and de Nanteuil, Matthieu
Summary:
Available in: EN


Flexibility and Working Conditions: a qualitative and comparative study in seven EU Member States. (Summary) 2000
Author: Goudswaard, Anneke and de Nanteuil, Matthieu
Summary: This summary stems from a research project that aims to define working conditions in a broad sense and to examine the reliance on various forms of flexibility, both external and internal. The research is based on national case studies that set out to analyse the impact of employment policies and human resources management on working conditions at corporate level.
Available in: EN


Full-Time or Part-Time Work: Realities and Options 2000
Author: Gasparini, Giovanni et al
Summary: A leaflet summarising the main findings of the Employment Options of the Future survey on the full-time/part-time dimensions of employment.
Available in: DA, DE, EL, EN, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, SV


BEST No. 1/1999. Times in the City and Quality of Life 1999
Author: Boulin, Jean-Yves & Mückenberger, Ulrich
Summary: Why, and to what extent, an approach of urban time policies has taken off in recent years is the subject matter of the first, relaunched, edition of BEST.
Available in: DE, EN, FR


Working Time Needs of Europeans 1999
Author: Bielenski, Harald & Kauppinen, Timo
Summary: This paper looks at labour market participation and working time. It analyses the actual situation and the preferences of Europeans and has a special focus on the sharing of paid work among men and women in the family.
Available in: EN


BEST No.11. Continuous Shift Systems 1998
Author: Wedderburn
Summary: This bulletin offers condensed and practical information on important developments in the field of work organisation and shiftwork.
Available in: DE, EN, FR Published 1998


Reduction in Working Time: a literature review 1998
Author: Taddei, D
Summary: This report reviews and identifies the existing literature studies describing companies experiences with reduced working hours, the way in which such reductions were implemented and the results obtained as regards employment, productivity, and living and working conditions. 18 euros
Available in: DE, EN, FR


BEST No.10 Compressed Working Time 1996
Author: Wedderburn, Alexander
Summary: This edition of BEST focuses on compressed working hours, in its various forms, calling, as usual, on the experience of the BEST network, and its members’ experience of several different European economies.
Available in: DE, EN, FR


BEST No.9 Statistics and News 1996
Author: Wedderburn, Alexander
Summary: This issue gives an update on news and statistics on worktng time.
Available in: DE, EN, FR

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International Labour Organization

Compressed working weeks (2006), Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 12, by P. Tucker
A review of research looking at Compressed Working Weeks. Other useful documents relating to Working Time are available on this site.


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Materials

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