The purpose of the study was to identify variables which are related to job satisfaction, focusing on shift schedules and their impact on life activities outside the work setting. The sample consisted of 72 female nurses. The subjects received questionnaires which contained questions relating to biographical information (age, gender, marital status, number and ages of children, length of time on the job), work schedule information (shift worked, number of weekends and holidays worked), and satisfaction information (shift schedule satisfaction, satisfaction with amount of weekend work, satisfaction with days worked/days off schedule, and satisfaction with amount of time for family, friends, and leisure). Correlation and multiple regression analyses were computed on all respondents and separately for those without children and for those with children. Only shift schedule satisfaction and amount of weekend work were found to be significantly related to job satisfaction for all respondents. Shift assignment was unrelated to job satisfaction. The other five satisfaction variables (weekend work, days worked/days off schedule, family, friend, and leisure time) were significantly correlated with job satisfaction for all respondents and for those without children. Multiple regression analyses showed that days worked/days off schedule satisfaction accounted for the most variance in job satisfaction scores.

Generating employee rosters on a 24 hour, 7 day per week basis taking into account fluctuating demand for employees, employee skills, working conditions, training and employee preferences, while ensuring efficiency and equity between the employees is a very difficult task due to the very large number of possible rostering combinations available. The research done in this thesis sets to solve this exact problem for CS Energy's Swanbank Power Station located in Queensland, Australia. / thesis (PhDMathematics)--University of South Australia, 2002.

Expectations from industry and the community ensure that we live in a 24-hour society. Increased demand for flexibility, capital utilisation and competition have initiated or extended shiftwork operations in many industry sectors such as mining, transport, defence, healthcare, manufacturing and security. The most common problems reported by shiftworkers are disturbed sleep and sleepiness. From a biological perspective this is not surprising because shiftworkers are often required to work at times when their mind and body are driven toward sleep. Shiftworkers may therefore be required to attempt sleep during the day; a time at which their mind and body are programmed to be awake and active. When sufficient recovery doesn't occur regularly, sleepiness and fatigue can accumulate. Traditionally, shiftwork and the work-related fatigue that it can create have been 'managed' by limiting the length of shifts and total number of hours worked per week, month or year. However, this approach fails to acknowledge key factors such as the time-of-day of work. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to provide the background, components and preliminary validations of a model to assess hours-of-work and fatigue in a scientifically appropriate manner. / thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999.

Increasingly, it is being recognized that the fatigue associated with the irregular duty schedules of pilots and doctors can have a negative impact on safety-critical flight and clinical operations. The studies of this thesis were designed to examine the impact of irregular duty schedules on commercial pilots' and anaesthetic registrars' sleep/wake behaviiour and operational performance (i.e., complex decision-making). / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2007.

Expectations from industry and the community ensure that we live in a 24-hour society. Increased demand for flexibility, capital utilisation and competition have initiated or extended shiftwork operations in many industry sectors such as mining, transport, defence, healthcare, manufacturing and security. The most common problems reported by shiftworkers are disturbed sleep and sleepiness. From a biological perspective this is not surprising because shiftworkers are often required to work at times when their mind and body are driven toward sleep. Shiftworkers may therefore be required to attempt sleep during the day; a time at which their mind and body are programmed to be awake and active. When sufficient recovery doesn't occur regularly, sleepiness and fatigue can accumulate. Traditionally, shiftwork and the work-related fatigue that it can create have been 'managed' by limiting the length of shifts and total number of hours worked per week, month or year. However, this approach fails to acknowledge key factors such as the time-of-day of work. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to provide the background, components and preliminary validations of a model to assess hours-of-work and fatigue in a scientifically appropriate manner. / thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999.

Generating employee rosters on a 24 hour, 7 day per week basis taking into account fluctuating demand for employees, employee skills, working conditions, training and employee preferences, while ensuring efficiency and equity between the employees is a very difficult task due to the very large number of possible rostering combinations available. The research done in this thesis sets to solve this exact problem for CS Energy's Swanbank Power Station located in Queensland, Australia. / thesis (PhDMathematics)--University of South Australia, 2002.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-268).

Thesis (D. Psych.)--Victoria University (Melbourne, Vic.), 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisor: Charles J. Holahan. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.