examining and addressing the central place of work intensity Dr Natalie Skinner Centre for Work Life UniSA Information and insights 1 Understanding the WLB landscape in Australia today ID: 614352
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Work-life in the modern era examining and addressing the central place of work intensity
Dr Natalie Skinner, Centre for Work + Life, UniSASlide2
Information and insights …..1
Understanding the ‘WLB landscape’ in Australia today
Feedback on how workers in the education sector are faring, compared to other Australian workers
Insight into the central role of work intensity in job quality & WLB
Knowledge of how common intensive working is in modern Aust. workplace
Understanding links to other important aspects of job quality and wellbeing
Appreciation of general principles/strategies of creating ‘decent work’Slide3
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AWALI Research - backgroundA ustralian
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Data collection2007 – 2010, 2012, 2014Telephone interviews
2800 respondents each year (1400 in 2007)
Nationally representative sample of Australian workers
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Australian wLB landscapeSlide7
Struggle to juggle6
Around 25% of workers chronically work-life stressed
Work is intrusive, lack of time, dissatisfied WLB
Women, especially mothers & women working FT hours, are chronically time pressured (around 70%) & fatigued
Men, especially fathers working long FT hours, are not getting sufficient sleep needed to support healthSlide8
Consequences
high work-life conflict /long hours
Individual
Organisational/Business
burnout, depression,
stress
absenteeism & turnover (intentions)
general
health (cardiovascular
disease)
job satisfaction
family, life, marital satisfaction
organisational commitment
family
strain/dysfunction
productivity – individual &
organisational
level
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How are education professionals faring?Slide10
Work-life conflict (2007 – 2010)
Education & training industry N = 1034
All industries N = 8292
% ‘often/almost always’
% ‘often or ‘almost always
’
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Cont. (2007 – 2010)Work-life index
Scaling: 0 (lowest work-life conflict) to 100 (highest)
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Full-time workers only
E&T: N = 164
All: N = 1528
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Full-time workers in education sector:
86% work unpaid hours from home
Average 24 hours per month (highest of all industries)
80% agree have too much work for one person to do
(62% all
Aust
workers)
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Work intensitySlide16
AWALI 2012 – Australian workers15Slide17
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38% men & 35% women ‘expected put work before family/personal life (AWALI 2008)
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What to do?Slide22
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Source: http://www.apha.org/membergroups/newsletters/sectionnewsletters/occupat/fall11/fenceattop.htm