Fly-in-fly-out work: A review of the impact of an extreme form of work-related travel on mental health

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Organizational Psychology Review Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI:10.1177/20413866221134938

L. Fruhen, J. Gilbert, Sharon K. Parker

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Abstract

Large distances between work and home require many workers to stay away from home for work over extended periods. An extreme case of such work is fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) work. FIFO work requires workers to stay, over a fixed number of days or weeks, in remote employer-arranged accommodation. Given the disruptive nature of this work arrangement, it is important to develop an understanding of its implications for worker mental health. Based on a systematic review, we identify mostly negative mental health implications of FIFO work and propose an integrative model that brings together FIFO work's key features: the simultaneous fracturing and blending of personal and work lives. The model can guide future research. For example, we suggest that researchers investigate how FIFO workers and other work-related travelers experience fracturing and blending, and how they manage the frequent fluctuation between these two extremes. Plain language summary Fly-in-fly-out work represents a specific and extreme case of work-related travel in which workers are housed by employers and have fixed schedules that prescribe blocks of time at work followed by blocks of time at home, alongside other rules. This paper provides an overview of the literature regarding the mental health implications of FIFO work. Moreover, an integrative model of FIFO work is proposed that brings together its key defining attributes: the simultaneous fracturing and blending of personal and work lives, which FIFO workers, and by extension other work-related travellers, experience. The model identifies the key attributes of this type of work arrangement that shape fracturing namely the commute (i.e., duration, mode, distance) and rosters (i.e., length and ratio of time on and off) and blending experiences, namely accommodation (i.e., type and quality), extent to which autonomy is limited (i.e., via choice in food, activities, scheduling) and social isolation. While developed for an extreme, highly standardized, and specific case of work-related travel, the model may also be useful in research focused on work related travel more broadly,

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飞入飞出工作：一种极端形式的工作旅行对心理健康影响的综述

工作和家庭之间的距离太远，要求许多工人长时间不在家工作。这种工作的一个极端情况是先进先出（FIFO）工作。先进先出工作要求工人在雇主安排的远程住宿中停留固定天数或周数。鉴于这种工作安排的破坏性，了解其对员工心理健康的影响很重要。在系统回顾的基础上，我们确定了先进先出工作对心理健康的主要负面影响，并提出了一个综合模型，将先进先出的工作的关键特征结合在一起：个人生活和工作生活的同时断裂和融合。该模型可以指导未来的研究。例如，我们建议研究人员调查先进先出的员工和其他与工作相关的旅行者如何经历分裂和混合，以及他们如何管理这两个极端之间的频繁波动。简明的语言总结飞入飞出工作代表了一种与工作相关的旅行的特殊和极端情况，在这种旅行中，工人由雇主安置，并有固定的时间表，规定工作时间段，然后在家时间段，以及其他规则。本文概述了FIFO工作对心理健康影响的文献。此外，还提出了一个先进先出工作的综合模型，该模型将其关键的定义属性结合在一起：先进先出工人以及其他与工作相关的旅行者所经历的个人生活和工作生活的同时断裂和融合。该模型确定了这种类型的工作安排的关键属性，即通勤（即持续时间、模式、距离）和名册（即上下班时间的长度和比例），以及混合体验，即住宿（即类型和质量）、自主性有限的程度（即通过食物、活动、日程安排的选择）和社会孤立。虽然该模型是为极端、高度标准化和特定的与工作相关的旅行而开发的，但在更广泛地关注与工作相关旅行的研究中也可能有用，

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期刊介绍： Organizational Psychology Review is a quarterly, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by SAGE in partnership with the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. Organizational Psychology Review’s unique aim is to publish original conceptual work and meta-analyses in the field of organizational psychology (broadly defined to include applied psychology, industrial psychology, occupational psychology, organizational behavior, personnel psychology, and work psychology).Articles accepted for publication in Organizational Psychology Review will have the potential to have a major impact on research and practice in organizational psychology. They will offer analyses worth citing, worth following up on in primary research, and worth considering as a basis for applied managerial practice. As such, these should be contributions that move beyond straight forward reviews of the existing literature by developing new theory and insights. At the same time, however, they should be well-grounded in the state of the art and the empirical knowledge base, providing a good mix of a firm empirical and theoretical basis and exciting new ideas.