The Impact of Telework on Conflict Between Work and Family: A Meta-Analytic Investigation

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• Personal Author:
  Beckel JLO ; Finch HM ; Kaldahl KN ; Kunz JJ ; Prasad JJ
• Description:
  There is a common assumption that the use of telework is beneficial for managing one's work and non-work roles due to perceptions of increased flexibility while teleworking. In this meta-analysis we investigate the relationship between telework and bi-directional indicators of work-family conflict, such as work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW). We also test whether gender and continuous versus dichotomous measurement of telework (e.g., proportion of working hours spent teleworking versus groups of teleworkers and non-teleworkers) moderate these relationships. Following Schmidt and Hunter's (2015) random-effects method, we find telework to be associated with significantly lower levels of WIF and not significantly related to FIW. Additionally, gender and measurement of telework both moderate the relationship between telework and WIF. Our findings speak to the nuanced relationship between telework and work-family conflict. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Telework Extent Of Telework Families Gender Gender Factors Meta-analysis Occupational Psychology Psychological Responses Work-family Conflict
• ISSN:
  2367-0134
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068928
• Citation:
  Occup Health Sci 2023 Dec; 7(4):681-706
• Contact Point Address:
  Julia L. O. Beckel Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523
• Email:
  julia.buck@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Science
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5945a49bd281e4b5fe7d0da1988d4c9137bcc98d1e9708b6c3c6c64a45074fa54b3880a281176daa5eb5e6a087a91615825f3cca80ccc84a21a59dc49cd280ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207491/cdc_207491_DS1.pdf
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