The role of psychosocial safety climate on flexible work from home digital job demands and work-life conflict
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2022
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Parkin, A.K.
Zadow, A.J.
Potter, R.E.
Afsharian, A.
Dollard, M.F.
Pignata, S.
Bakker, A.B.
Lushington, K.
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Industrial Health, 2022; 61(5):307-319
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Amy K. Parkin, Amy J. Zadow, Rachael E. Potter, Ali Afsharian, Maureen F. Dollard, Silvia Pignata, Arnold B. Bakker, And Kurt Lushington
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of employees in flexible work from home has increased markedly along with a reliance on information communication technologies. This study investigated the role of an organisational factor, psychosocial safety climate (PSC; the climate for worker psychological health and safety), as an antecedent of these new kinds of demands (specifically work from home digital job demands) and their effect on work-life conflict. Data were gathered via an online survey of 2,177 employees from 37 Australian universities. Multilevel modelling showed that university level PSC to demands, y=−0.09, SE=0.03, p<0.01, and demands to worklife conflict, y=0.51, SE=0.19, p<0.05, relationships were significant. Supporting the antecedent theory, university level PSC was significantly indirectly related to work-life conflict via demands (LL −0.10 UL −0.01). Against expectations PSC did not moderate the demand to work-life conflict relationship. The results imply that targeting PSC could help prevent work from home digital job demands, and therefore, work-life conflict. Further research is needed on the role of digital job resources as flexible and hybrid work takes hold post COVID.
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© 2023 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)