Appendix A Indices from Employee Survey Schedule Unpredictability is constructed by combining responses to an item about the number of Schedule unpredictability days of advance notice respondents receive regarding their work schedule and respondents’ scores on an index of hours/timing predictability. The measure of advance notice asks: how many days in advance do you know your “Usually, Answers were provided by respondents in days, and then recorded by interviewer as schedule?” These responses were days”, “4-7 days”, “8-14 days”, “15-21 days”, “more than 21 days”. collapsed into a dichotomous indicator, versus one week or less more than one week. The measure of predictability is on a three-item index (alpha = 0.65) that captures the extent to which respondents agreed or disagreed that they can anticipate and/or count on the number and timing of hours that they will be working week-to-week. The respondents are asked how much they agree (strongly or with the following agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree?) three statements: You can easily anticipate what days and times you’ll be working week-to-week. Most weeks, you can count on getting the number of hours you want. Most weeks, you can count on working the days and shifts you want. Based on these two measures (advance and a measure schedule notice hours/timing predictability), of was constructed that has three possible values including (1) more than schedule unpredictability one week notice of work schedule and a score in the top half of the median split of the 3-item index of (2) one week or less notice of work schedule and a score in the top hours/timing predictability, half of the median split of the 3-item index of and (3) one week or less hours/timing predictability, notice of work schedule and in the bottom half of the median split of the 3-item index of hours/timing predictability. Lack of Scheduling ALPHA = 0.82 For each of the following, please tell me whether you feel you have of input, input, a lot some a input, or input little no at all. The days you have off each week. The days you work each week. When you and end each work day. The total number of hours you work each week. General Work-to-Family Conflict
Appendix A Indices from Employee Survey Schedule Unpredictability Schedule unpredictability is constructed by combining responses to an item about the number of days of advance notice respondents receive regarding their work schedule and respondents’ scores on an index of hours/timing predictability. The measure of advance notice asks: “Usually, how many days in advance do you know your schedule?” Answers were provided by respondents in days, and then recorded by interviewer as days”, “4-7 days”, “8-14 days”, “15-21 days”, “more than 21 days”. These responses were collapsed into a dichotomous indicator, one week or less versus more than one week. The measure of predictability is on a three-item index (alpha = 0.65) that captures the extent to which respondents agreed or disagreed that they can anticipate and/or count on the number and timing of hours that they will be working week-to-week. The respondents are asked how much they agree (strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?) with the following three statements: You can easily anticipate what days and times you’ll be working week-to-week. Most weeks, you can count on getting the number of hours you want. Most weeks, you can count on working the days and shifts you want. Based on these two measures (advance schedule notice and hours/timing predictability), a measure of schedule unpredictability was constructed that has three possible values including (1) more than one week notice of work schedule and a score in the top half of the median split of the 3-item index of hours/timing predictability, (2) one week or less notice of work schedule and a score in the top half of the median split of the 3-item index of hours/timing predictability, and (3) one week or less notice of work schedule and in the bottom half of the median split of the 3-item index of hours/timing predictability. Lack of Scheduling ALPHA = 0.82 For each of the following, please tell me whether you feel you have a lot of input, some input, a little input, or no input at all. The days you have off each week. The days you work each week. When you and end each work day. The total number of hours you work each week. General Work-to-Family Conflict
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