有助于改善牧场乳制品农场农民工作环境的因素
C Hogan1, T Lawton2, M Beecher1
1Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy Co. Cork, P61 P302, Ireland.
Journal of dairy science
|May 24, 2024
概括
提高奶牛农场的社会可持续性需要有效的工作组织. 研究表明,更好的农民工作场所涉及更短的小时,更多的休假时间和改进的实践,从而提高了行业的吸引力.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 管理科学 管理科学
背景情况:
- 乳制品农场的扩张和劳动力短缺需要提高社会可持续性.
- 有效的工作组织是生产力,灵活性和标准化农场工作负载的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定有助于改善爱尔兰牧场乳制品农场农民工作场所的因素.
- 分析农场和农民特征,工作结构,态度,设施和管理实践对工作场所有效性的影响.
主要方法:
- 在2019年11月20日至1月3日期间,对313名爱尔兰奶牛农进行了调查.
- 根据生产率,灵活性和标准化指标,农场被分为四分之一.
- 收集了农民人口统计,工作时间,假期和农业实践的数据.
主要成果:
- 最有效的农民工作场所报告的工作时间明显减少 (58.6 vs. 82.6 h/week),假期更多 (16.6 vs. 5.1 d),与最不有效的工作场所相比,工作结束时间更早.
- 有效的农场拥有更好的设施,并更好地实施劳动效率和人力资源管理实践.
- 在更有效的工作场所的农民对工作与生活的平衡以及吸引/保留劳动力的态度更为积极.
结论:
- 工作组织显著影响奶牛场的社会可持续性和农民福祉.
- 实施有效的工作组织策略,包括改善设施和人力资源实践,可以提高农民的满意度和行业的吸引力.
- 需要进一步的研究和推广努力,以应对挑战,并改善乳制品行业的工作与生活的平衡.
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