ABSTRACT

Poor worker health is estimated to cost employers more than half a trillion dollars per year in lost productivity [Japsen, B. (2018, November 15). Poor worker health costs U.S. employer’s half trillion dollars a year. Retrieved March 8, 2019, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/11/15/poor-worker-health-costs-u-s-employers-half-trillion-dollars-a-year/]. Stress, especially as it pertains to work-family conflicts, has been shown to be a primary contributor to employee health problems [Gisler, S., Omansky, R., Alenick, P., Tumminia, A., Eatough, E., & Johnson, R. (2018). Work-life conflict and employee health: A review. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 23(4), 1–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/jabr.12157]. This paper investigates how physical health symptoms resulting from increased work-family conflict may be mediated through increased alcohol and cigarette use, and how that relationship is moderated by factors such as family-friendly policies implemented by the organizations, time management, sex of the individual, and norms around the use of these substances among employees. The study examined 1275 blue collar/front-line workers from 60 different small businesses. Alcohol and cigarette use were found to partially mediate the relationship between high levels of work-family conflict and negative physical health symptoms. The availability and ease of use of family-friendly policies moderated the effects of the relationship as well. Results and implications are further discussed.

摘要

据估计，工人健康状况不佳每年将使雇主蒙受超过5,000亿美元的生产力损失[Japsen，B.（2018年11月15日）。工人健康状况不佳每年使美国雇主损失一半万亿美元。从2019年3月8日检索，网址为https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/11/15/poor-worker-health-costs-us-employers-half-trillion-dollars-a-year/] 。压力，特别是与工作家庭冲突有关的压力，已被证明是造成员工健康问题的主要因素[Gisler，S.，Omansky，R.，Alenick，P.，Tumminia，A.，Eatough，E.， ＆约翰逊河（2018）。工作生活冲突与员工健康：回顾。应用生物行为研究杂志，23（4），1-46。https://doi.org/10.1111/jabr.12157]。本文研究了如何通过增加饮酒和吸烟来调节因工作家庭冲突而引起的身体健康症状，以及如何通过组织实施的家庭友好政策，时间管理，个人性别等因素来缓解这种关系。 ，以及有关员工使用这些物质的规范。该研究调查了来自60个不同小企业的1275名蓝领/一线工人。发现饮酒和吸烟在一定程度上介导了高水平的工作家庭冲突与负面的身体健康症状之间的关系。家庭友好政策的可用性和易用性也减轻了这种关系的影响。结果和含义将进一步讨论。