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Lingard, H, Francis, V and Turner, M (2010) It’s about time: the impact of fluctating work hours on the work-life balance of project-based construction workers. In: Egbu, C (Ed.), Proceedings 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2010, Leeds, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 1, 301–9.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: human resource management; work hours; work-life balance
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-4-5
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2010-0301-0309_Lingard_Francis_and_Turner.pdf
- Abstract:
A diary data collection method was used to collect data from project-based construction workers in a large civil engineering construction project in Melbourne, Australia. Data capturing the number of hours worked and satisfaction with work-life balance were collected for 21 consecutive weeks. A strong correlation was found between hours worked each week and participants’ work-life experiences. Weekly work hours were found to be significantly negatively correlated with satisfaction with work-life balance. Work intensification leading up to a major project milestone coincided with a dramatic reduction in participants’ satisfaction with work-life balance, suggesting that project events have a significant impact upon the work-life experiences of project-based workers. Further, recovery opportunities in the form of regular Rostered Days Off coincided with higher levels of work-life balance satisfaction. It is proposed that construction organizations use the naturally fluctuating workloads implicit in project work to ‘build’ recovery opportunities into project schedules.