Work – Life – Family – Page 3 – Work, Stress, and Health

The Effects of a Total Worker Health Intervention on Workplace Safety: Mediating Effects of Sleep and Supervisor Support for Sleep

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

The present study explored effects of a Family and Sleep Supportive Training intervention on workplace safety outcomes. Results revealed that service members in the treatment group, compared to those in the control group, reported greater workplace safety behaviors and safety motivation, and reduced workplace accidents and injuries, due to greater sleep quality and sleep-specific supervisor support. Therefore, intervening on sleep and supervisor support for sleep can have a positive impact on workplace safety.

Testing the Benefits of Increases in Perceived Support

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

We investigated whether increases of perceived support (FSS and POS) were beneficial to employee well-being during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing random-intercepts cross-lagged panel modeling with 3-wave weekly longitudinal survey data, we tested the within-person changes in employee well-being in response to increases in support. We found limited evidence that organizational supports are efficacious in promoting well-being during the pandemic. We suggest that extreme ecological contexts – such as a pandemic or downsizing – may force scholars and managers to reconsider the type of supports needed.

Examining the Roles of Family Factors on Retirees’ Life and Family Satisfaction and Health

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Despite the majority of time spent with family after retirement, a paucity of studies has examined the impact of family factors on retirees? well-being. Using a sample of retirees (N = 1,522) from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), the current study showed retirees whose spouse is also retired showed higher family satisfaction compared with retirees whose spouse is not yet retired. Also, participants, who consider that time spent with their spouse is enjoyable and that they are close with their spouse, showed higher life and family satisfaction and health. The present study suggests the importance of family factors such as marital quality and spousal retirement status in retirees? well-being.