Staats Ulrike, Lohaus Daniela, Christmann Alina, Woitschek Michèle
Department of Business Psychology, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences and Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany.
Work. 2017;58(3):383-397. doi: 10.3233/WOR-172626.
For several years, the transportation industry has been concerned about a severe shortage of professional truck drivers. Studies investigating the reasons found that poor working conditions and stresses and strains resulting from physiological and psychological job demands have had a negative impact on drivers' health and ability to work. Nevertheless, until now, most employers have refrained from offering measures to support the work ability and well-being of drivers, mainly due to financial pressures in the industry.
The present study was aimed at designing adequate and affordable measures to support drivers' health.
With reference to the Work Ability Index and the house of work ability (Ilmarinen & Tuomi, 2004), 56 truck drivers participated in guided interviews about their working conditions and health-related problems as well as their attitudes, experiences, and desires with respect to being offered supportive measures by their employers.
The measures derived are specific and realizable and expected to be widely accepted by professional drivers. They are designed to elicit a positive attitude in the drivers toward exercising and to help them overcome related psychological barriers.
The implementation of the recommended measures can be expected to support drivers' work ability and help reduce the frictional costs of their employers.
多年来，运输行业一直担忧专业卡车司机严重短缺。调查原因的研究发现，恶劣的工作条件以及生理和心理工作需求所导致的压力和紧张对司机的健康和工作能力产生了负面影响。然而，到目前为止，大多数雇主都避免采取措施来支持司机的工作能力和福祉，主要是由于行业内的财务压力。
本研究旨在设计适当且经济实惠的措施来支持司机的健康。
参照工作能力指数和工作能力屋（伊尔马里宁和图奥米，2004年），56名卡车司机参与了关于他们工作条件、健康相关问题以及他们对雇主提供支持措施的态度、经历和期望的引导式访谈。
得出的措施具体且可实现，预计会被专业司机广泛接受。这些措施旨在使司机对锻炼产生积极态度，并帮助他们克服相关的心理障碍。
预计实施推荐的措施能够支持司机的工作能力，并有助于降低雇主的摩擦成本。
