Supervisor Support Buffers Daily Psychological and Physiological Reactivity to Work‐to‐Family Conflict
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Using a daily diary design, the current study assessed within-person associations of work-to-family conflict with negative affect and salivary cortisol. Furthermore, we investigated whether supervisor support moderated these associations. Over eight consecutive days, 131 working parents employed by an information technology company answered telephone interviews about stressors and mood that occurred in the previous 24 hours. On Days 2-4 of the study protocol, they also provided five saliva samples throughout the day that were assayed for cortisol. Results indicated a high degree of day-to-day fluctuation in work-to-family conflict, with employed parents having greater negative affect and poorer cortisol regulation on days with higher work-to-family conflict compared to days when they experience lower work-to-family conflict. These associations were buffered, however, when individuals had supervisors who offered support. Discussion centers on the use of dynamic assessments of work-to-family conflict and employee well-being.
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12252
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G2066364297, G2233451242, Archiving the occupational cohorts in the Work, Family, and Health Network, G2388603646, G2749462338, G3518817918, G5546630224, Flexible Work and Well-Being Center at the University of Minnesota, G5924247454, A Translational Coordinating Center for the Work, Family and Health Network, Evaluating cardiometabolic and sleep health benefits of a workplace intervention
OpenAlex ID: W1908244500