Use of work–nonwork supports and employee well-being: the mediating roles of job demands, job control, supportive management and work–nonwork conflict

Stephen Wood (Lead Author), Kevin Daniels, Chidibere Ogbonnaya

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of the use of work–nonwork supports on well-being. It first develops hypotheses regarding how a reduction in job demands, and an increase in both job control and supportive management may explain this relationship. We then test these hypotheses using data from Britain’s Workplace Employee Relations Survey of 2011. The research reveals that the use of work–nonwork supports has a positive association with job control and supportive supervision. These in turn mediate a relationship between the use of supports and three dimensions of employee well-being, job satisfaction, anxiety-contentment and depression-enthusiasm, some of the effect being through their reducing work–to–nonwork conflict. Use of work–nonwork supports is, however, positively associated with job demands, but this effect of use on job demands does not affect well-being. Since job autonomy and supportive supervision are major mediators, and have a direct influence on work–nonwork conflict and well-being, policy should focus on integrating job quality and work–life balance issues.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1793-1824
Number of pages32
JournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume31
Issue number14
Early online date7 Feb 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Work–nonwork supports
  • well-being
  • job demands
  • job control
  • supportive management
  • job design

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