@article{ref1,
title="Fighting against a shortage of truck drivers in logistics: measures that employers can take to promote drivers' work ability and health",
journal="Work",
year="2017",
author="Staats, Ulrike and Lohaus, Daniela and Christmann, Alina and Woitschek, Michèle",
volume="58",
number="3",
pages="383-397",
abstract="BACKGROUND: 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. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at designing adequate and affordable measures to support drivers' health. <br><br>METHOD: 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. <br><br>RESULTS: 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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The implementation of the recommended measures can be expected to support drivers' work ability and help reduce the frictional costs of their employers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1051-9815",
doi="10.3233/WOR-172626",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-172626"
}