Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network*

ABSTRACT: Schedule control and supervisor support for family and personal life are work resources that may help employees manage the work-family interface. However, existing data and designs 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 (a) training supervisors on the value of demonstrating support for employees' personal lives and (b) prompting employees to reconsider when and where they work. We find statistically significant, though modest, improvements in employees' work-family conflict and family time adequacy and larger

SUBMITTER: Kelly EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4208075 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature