工作场所的灵活性,工作与家庭的界面和心理困扰:家庭照顾义务和性别的差异
1William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ USA.
Applied research in quality of life
|June 26, 2023
概括
灵活的工作场所文化,而不是灵活的时间或灵活的场所,可以减少心理压力. 这种效应是由工作与家庭平衡所调解的,对于有照顾职责的女性来说,这种效应更为强烈.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 职业健康心理学 职业健康心理学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 灵活的工作安排越来越普遍,但它们对工人的福祉的影响需要进一步研究.
- 了解工作灵活性,工作家庭动态和心理痛苦之间的相互作用对员工健康至关重要.
- 性别和照顾责任在调节这些关系中的作用仍然是研究的一个重要领域.
研究的目的:
- 检查灵活的工作安排 (灵活的时间,灵活的地点,灵活的文化) 和心理痛苦之间的关联.
- 测试工作家庭冲突和工作家庭丰富的调解作用.
- 调查护理义务和性别如何影响这些协会.
主要方法:
- 利用了2008年美国全国劳动力变化研究的数据.
- 雇员回归分析,以评估灵活工作与心理痛苦之间的关联.
- 分析了调解和适度的影响,包括性别和护理地位.
主要成果:
- 灵活的工作场所文化与灵活时间或灵活场所不同,与较低的心理痛苦有显著的关联.
- 工作家庭冲突和丰富部分介绍了灵活文化与心理痛苦之间的联系.
- 灵活文化带来的积极影响对有儿童和老年人照顾义务的工人,特别是女性,更为明显.
结论:
- 支持灵活的文化是减少心理痛苦的关键,比具体的灵活安排政策更重要.
- 促进工作与家庭平衡的干预措施对于减轻灵活工作环境中的痛苦至关重要.
- 组织必须在实施灵活性举措时考虑性别关怀角色,以最大限度地提高员工福祉.
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