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

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 psychologica...

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Published in:Industrial Health 2023, Vol.61(5), pp.307-319
Main Authors: PARKIN, Amy K., ZADOW, Amy J., POTTER, Rachael E., AFSHARIAN, Ali, DOLLARD, Maureen F., PIGNATA, Silvia, BAKKER, Arnold B., LUSHINGTON, Kurt
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Australia
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
COVID-19
Digital job demands
Employees
Epidemics
Flexible work
Health aspects
Hybrid work
Information communication technologies
Information technology workers
Mediation
Mental health
Original
Pandemics
Psychological aspects
Psychosocial safety climate
Safety
Safety and security measures
Social aspects
Surveys
Telecommuting
Work environment
Work life balance
Work-life conflict
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Summary: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
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.2022-0078