We will present an overview of the Work, Family Health Study (WFHS), an innovative study testing the effects of a workplace intervention targeting work family conflict (i.e., the competing demands of individuals’ work and family roles) in two industries—IT telecommunications and extended care. The intervention involves training managers to be more supportive of their employees’ lives outside of work and providing employees’ more control over their work schedules. Both were achieved through a culture change in the workplace to focus on results over face time. A strength of the WFHS is the breadth and depth of data collected—from multiple reporters (managers, employees, spouses, children) using a range of data collection methods (administrative data, actigraphy watches, dried blood spots, qualitative interviews, surveys, daily diaries, to name a few). We will share initial findings about the effectiveness of the intervention on global experiences of work-family conflict using survey data from employees in the IT telecommunications company. We will end by discussing how a daily diary design can illuminate how the intervention could transform the daily lives of working families and by sharing our preliminary findings.
- Almeida Davis Prcslidesfor Public4 15 2013
