Working time of women drivers in France and in Portugal | Le temps des conductrices de bus en France et au Portugal

Abstract

The studies in work psychology and ergonomics of the activity hereby presented compare the signs of a transformation of the work organization in public road transport professions. In a first study (in France), the arrival of women to a profession historically performed by men has indirectly led to a different representation of time, between the professional and domestic scope. On the other hand, a Portuguese study suggests that this fact may be parallel to a rather negative destabilization of the management of human labor. In what concerns working time, women seek in a more obvious way an adaptation of work to the activities of their "private" scope. The answer to their request is never direct; it exists occasionally. But its "cost" in terms of health and / or career is often obvious.