KMID : 0607720070180020284
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2007 Volume.18 No. 2 p.284 ~ p.292
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Workers¡¯ Experiences in Shift Work
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Kim Young-Hea
Kim Young-Mi Koo Mi-Jee Kim So-Hee Lee Nae-Young Chang Koung-Oh
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore and understanding the nature of the shift workers¡¯ experience in industries requiring 24 hours-a-day service provision and support. For the purpose, the present researcher made a research question, ¡°What are workers¡¯ experience in the shift work?¡±
Methods: In the study, 5 male shift workers, 3 female shift worker and a woman (key informant) whose husband is a shift worker participated. Then profound interviews with the participants were made after their agreement.
Results: The researcher classified the significant statements under 6 theme clusters, 1) sense of difference; 2) worries about health; 3) draining of emotion; 4) anxiety; 5) sadness; and 6) being comfortable.
Conclusion: Shift work which is inevitable in modern society may have severe influences on shift workers¡¯ physical, mental and psychological aspects by causing their work cycle rhythm to be unbalanced. Finally, the researcher hopes that the results of the study would help understand workers¡¯ life and increase social concern and support to the workers.
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KEYWORD
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Shift-work, Worker, Phenomenology
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