Changing work and work-family conflict: evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

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• Personal Author:
  Casper LM ; Davis KD ; Fan W ; Hammer LB ; Hanson GC ; Kelly EL ; King RB ; Kossek EE ; Mierzwa F ; Moen P ; Oakes JM ; Okechukwu C
• Description:
  Schedule control and supervisor support for family and personal life may help employees manage the work-family interface. Existing data and research designs, however, have made it difficult to conclusively identify the effects of these work resources. This analysis utilizes a group-randomized trial in which some units in an information technology workplace were randomly assigned to participate in an initiative, called STAR, that targeted work practices, interactions, and expectations by (1) training supervisors on the value of demonstrating support for employees' personal lives and (2) prompting employees to reconsider when and where they work. We find statistically significant, although modest, improvements in employees' work-family conflict and family time adequacy, and larger changes in schedule control and supervisor support for family and personal life. We find no evidence that this intervention increased work hours or perceived job demands, as might have happened with increased permeability of work across time and space. Subgroup analyses suggest the intervention brought greater benefits to employees more vulnerable to work-family conflict. This study uses a rigorous design to investigate deliberate organizational changes and their effects on work resources and the work-family interface, advancing our understanding of the impact of social structures on individual lives. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work-family Conflict Experiment Families Group-randomized Trial Group Dynamics Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Organizations Psychological Responses Psychosocial Factors Schedule Control Sociological Factors Sociology Supervisory Personnel Technical Personnel Training Work-life Balance Worker Health Workers Work Organization Work Practices Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  0003-1224
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Indiana ; Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  485-516
• Volume:
  79
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048237
• Citation:
  Am Sociol Rev 2014 Jun; 79(3):485-516
• Contact Point Address:
  Erin L. Kelly, Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 909 Social Sciences, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  kelly101@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  American Sociological Review
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6f56a6316fdb81d9cdeaea6ca5817310b23c93db5879d066bff51b6ce0ad14b55fa6ff3b4c9c4aaf7f3c0720ae7df7b8c1bad5ece5f2bc51746cfa321a6b231
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203043/cdc_203043_DS1.pdf
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