OBJECTIVES This study aimed at opening up the black box of overtime work among university faculty members by providing information on (i) when faculty members work overtime, (ii) what activities are undertaken during overtime, and (iii) how overtime is experienced. METHODS Data were collected among 120 Dutch faculty members who completed a general questionnaire (addressing general overtime ho...

the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (mes) in professional bus drivers, and its association with overtime working hours among those drivers in urmia, iran. in this cross sectional study the studies population was 626 professional bus drivers, aged 20-69 yr. the mes (according to thenational cholesterol educationprogram adult treatment panel iii), waist circ...

OBJECTIVES We sought to better understand the relationship between overtime and mental fatigue by taking into account work motivation and the quality of overtime work and studying theoretically derived subgroups. METHODS We conducted a survey-study among a representative sample of the Dutch full-time workforce (n = 1807). The prevalence of overtime work and the associations between overtime a...

The goal of the present study was to investigate the relation of hours of overtime work to cigarette consumption and addiction to cigarette, which was measured by the heaviness of smoking index. The subjects were 571 male daily smokers who responded to a cross-sectional survey of municipal employees of a Japanese city office, in which smoking was permitted in designated areas. Those who engaged...

This paper adds to the various reasons for a worker’s supply of overtime hours by focusing on forward-looking labor supply, and provides an explanation for the empirically proven relationship between overtime and positive future outcomes. We suggest an internal signaling model, in which a worker signals his value to the employer by supplying unpaid overtime. The possible benefits from signaling...

OBJECTIVE Continuous or frequent overtime work has been shown to have harmful effects on human health. Meanwhile, one of the main reasons for tooth loss is caries. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between overtime work and untreated decayed teeth in male financial workers. METHODS The participants were recruited by applying screening procedures to a pool of Japanese regist...