Parkin, A.K.Zadow, A.J.Potter, R.E.Afsharian, A.Dollard, M.F.Pignata, S.Bakker, A.B.Lushington, K.2023-12-052023-12-052022Industrial Health, 2022; 61(5):307-3190019-83660019-8366https://hdl.handle.net/2440/140086Due 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.en© 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/)Digital job demandsFlexible workHybrid workInformation communication technologiesPsychosocial safety climateWork-life conflictHumansStress, PsychologicalJob SatisfactionOrganizational CultureAustraliaPandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesWork-Life BalanceCOVID-19TeleworkingJournal article10.2486/indhealth.2022-00782023-12-05641773Zadow, A.J. [0000-0002-2440-8962]