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Pegado, E., Rodrigues, C. F., Raposo, H. & Fernandes, A. (2022). The uses of coffee in highly demanding work contexts: Managing rhythms, sleep, and performance. Social Sciences. 11 (8)

E. M. Pegado et al.,  "The uses of coffee in highly demanding work contexts: Managing rhythms, sleep, and performance", in Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 8, 2022

@article{pegado2022_1734635497250,
	author = "Pegado, E. and Rodrigues, C. F. and Raposo, H. and Fernandes, A.",
	title = "The uses of coffee in highly demanding work contexts: Managing rhythms, sleep, and performance",
	journal = "Social Sciences",
	year = "2022",
	volume = "11",
	number = "8",
	doi = "10.3390/socsci11080365",
	url = "https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - The uses of coffee in highly demanding work contexts: Managing rhythms, sleep, and performance
T2  - Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
AU  - Pegado, E.
AU  - Rodrigues, C. F.
AU  - Raposo, H.
AU  - Fernandes, A.
PY  - 2022
SN  - 2076-0760
DO  - 10.3390/socsci11080365
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci
AB  - This paper presents a sociological approach to coffee consumption as a performance
management strategy in work contexts, particularly in professions with intense work rhythms and
highly responsive demands. Focusing on the daily work of three professional groups (nurses, police
officers, and journalists), we analyze the social expression of coffee and how it is mobilized to deal
with sleep problems, fatigue, concentration, or stress. For this purpose, three intertwined dimensions
are explored: (1) the nature of these professionals’ work and the pressures for certain forms and levels
of performance; (2) sleep problems as both a result of those work characteristics and a constraint
on performance; and (3) the role of coffee in managing professional imperatives. The use of coffee
appears as a legitimate practice in everyday working routines, due to its socializing markers, whereas
additional benefits are attributed to the pharmacological properties of caffeine, given the perceived
improvement in performance. The empirical data derive from a study carried out in Portugal on the
use of medicines and food supplements for performance management, following a mixed methods
approach. In particular, data from a questionnaire survey in a sample of 539 workers and information
collected through seven focus groups with a total of 33 participants were used.
ER  -