The role of psychosocial safety climate on flexible work from home digital job demands and work-life conflict.

Autor: Parkin AK; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia., Zadow AJ; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia., Potter RE; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia., Afsharian A; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia., Dollard MF; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia., Pignata S; UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Australia., Bakker AB; Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Lushington K; Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Industrial health [Ind Health] 2023 Sep 22; Vol. 61 (5), pp. 307-319. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 08.
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0078
Abstrakt: 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 work-life 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE