The influence of workplace injuries on work–family conflict: Job and financial insecurity as mechanisms.

TLDR

Workplace injury research has mainly focused on organizational cost implications. The study develops and tests a conservation‑of‑resources model linking workplace injury to work‑family conflict. The authors employ a conservation‑of‑resources framework and discuss study limitations and future research directions. In 194 nurses, injury severity increased work‑family conflict through job and financial insecurity, but strong supervisor support weakened this effect.

Abstract

Research examining the outcomes of workplace injuries has focused on high costs to the organization. In this study, we utilize conservation of resources theory to develop and test a model that explains how and under what circumstances workplace injuries impact employees' perceptions of how their work interferes with their family. Results from 194 registered nurses (along with 85 of their spouses), using path analytic tests of moderated mediation, provide support for the prediction that the mediated effect of workplace injury severity on work-family conflict (through job and financial insecurity) is weaker when employees perceive high levels of supervisor support. We discuss the implications of these findings for the study of job and financial insecurity and work-family conflict. Limitations of this study and directions for future research are also presented.