Clarifying work-family intervention processes: the roles of work-family conflict and family-supportive supervisor behaviors

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• Personal Author:
  Anger WK ; Bodner T ; Hammer LB ; Kossek EE ; Zimmerman K
• Description:
  Drawing on a conceptual model integrating research on training, work-family interventions, and social support, we conducted a quasi-experimental field study to assess the impact of a supervisor training and self-monitoring intervention designed to increase supervisors' use of family-supportive supervisor behaviors. Pre- and postintervention surveys were completed, 9 months apart, by 239 employees at 6 intervention (N = 117) and 6 control (N = 122) grocery store sites. Thirty-nine supervisors in the 6 intervention sites received the training consisting of 1 hr of self-paced computer-based training, 1 hr of face-to-face group training, followed by instructions for behavioral self-monitoring (recording the frequency of supportive behaviors) to facilitate on-the-job transfer. Results demonstrated a disordinal interaction for the effect of training and family-to-work conflict on employee job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and physical health. In particular, for these outcomes, positive training effects were observed for employees with high family-to-work conflict, whereas negative training effects were observed for employees with low family-to-work conflict. These moderation effects were mediated by the interactive effect of training and family-to-work conflict on employee perceptions of family-supportive supervisor behaviors. Implications of our findings for future work-family intervention development and evaluation are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Administration Author Keywords: Work-family Intervention Employee-health Families Family-friendly Practices Management-personnel Occupational-health Occupational-psychology Psychological-effects Psychological-responses Psychological-stress Sociological-factors Supervisor Support Supervisor Training Supervisory-personnel Training Work-environment Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0021-9010
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  134-150
• Volume:
  96
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042133
• Citation:
  J Appl Psychol 2011 Jan; 96(1):134-150
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie B. Hammer, Department of Psychology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
• Email:
  hammerl@pdx.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Applied Psychology
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e16dedcc29bcad6a075b5fde9e12b9f61d738e6289d2d675143c4e8b7f4b718a53f824a03392fb96749432610099c30d92089b1cd9255158190933a89dcba91
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194454/cdc_194454_DS1.pdf
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