Getting there from here: research on the effects of work-family initiatives on work-family conflict and business outcomes.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bray J ; Chermack K ; Durham M ; Hammer LB ; Kaskubarh D ; Kelly EL ; Kossek EE ; Murphy LA
• Description:
  Many employing organizations have adopted work-family policies, programs, and benefits. Yet managers in employing organizations simply do not know what organizational initiatives actually reduce work-family conflict and how these changes are likely to impact employees and the organization. We examine scholarship that addresses two broad questions: first, do work-family initiatives reduce employees' work-family conflict and/or improve work-family enrichment? Second, does reduced work-family conflict improve employees' work outcomes and, especially, business outcomes at the organizational level? We review over 150 peer-reviewed studies from a number of disciplines in order to summarize this rich literature and identify promising avenues for research and conceptualization. We propose a research agenda based on four primary conclusions: the need for more multi-level research, the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach, the benefits of longitudinal studies that employ quasi-experimental or experimental designs and the challenges of translating research into practice in effective ways. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Family Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes; Behavior; Employee-health; Families; Occupational-health; Occupational-psychology; Psychological-effects; Psychological-processes; Psychological-responses; Psychological-stress; Supervisory-personnel; Training; Work-environment; Workplace-studies; Work-practices
• ISSN:
  1941-6520
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; Minnesota ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  305-349
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040060
• Citation:
  Acad Manage Ann 2008 Jan; 2(1):305-349
• Email:
  kelly101@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  The Academy of Management Annals
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248165/cdc_248165_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]