Well-being among Canadian Armed Forces men and women: The roles of poor work-life balance and organizational support
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Alla Skomorovsky1, Nadine Charanek1, Alexandra Campbell1
1Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Introduction:
The military and family can be demanding institutions with competing priorities that can cause poor work-life balance. This balance is crucial for organizational outcomes such as job engagement and burnout, and for managing psychological distress among military personnel. While organizational support improves these outcomes, support for families is less common and less studied. Additionally, work-life balance challenges may differ between men and women. This study examined the role of work-life balance and the protective roles of organizational support for members and families among Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) men and women.
Methods:
The Your Say Matters: Defence Team Well-Being Survey was administered to Regular Force CAF members (n = 4,349). Regression analyses examined the roles of poor work-life balance, including work-life conflict (work affecting life) and life-work conflict (life affecting work), and organizational support to members and families in predicting burnout, job engagement, and psychological distress.
Results:
Work-life and life-work conflicts predicted burnout and psychological distress, but not job engagement. Organizational support predicted all outcomes for CAF men and women and mitigated the impact of work-life conflict on burnout and psychological distress. However, support to families predicted job engagement and psychological distress among men only, while it moderated the impact of life-work conflict on psychological distress among men and work-life conflict on job engagement for both genders.
Discussion:
Work-life balance and organizational support for members and families can improve outcomes and well-being. Leaders should reinforce work-life balance and provide support to both members and families, recognizing gender dynamics.
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