Work, Family, and Health Study (WFHS)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formed the Work, Family and Health Network (WFHN) as a transdisciplinary research effort designed to enhance understanding of the impact of workplace practices and policies on work, family life, and health outcomes. The Work, Family and Health Network also seeks to illuminate the processes through which such practices and policies are adopted by employers and implemented by managers and employees. The Work, Family, and Health Study (WFHS) was conducted via group-randomized field experiments, one at each of two employers representing different industries. The information technology division of a Fortune 500 company (pseudonym: Tomo) had 26 total sites made up of 56 study groups with 7-60 employees each. Within the extended-care company (pseudonym: Leef), 30 work sites of 30-89 employees each were randomly assigned to intervention or usual practice (UP) conditions. All employee and manager participants were assessed at baseline and at 6-, 12-, and 18-months post baseline. Opinions were elicited from employees and managers regarding the amount of hours they work, balance between work and family, opportunities to work from home, the ability to take vacation and time off when desired, and decision-making authority at work. Responses were also gathered on issues such as talking with a manager about conflicts outside of work, willingness to help other coworkers when they have been absent, workplace safety, and obligations to come into work when sick. Information was also collected on the likelihood of respondents quitting the company, whether respondents were looking for work elsewhere, job performance ratings of self and others, opinions about supervisors, and a series of questions relating to psychological distress and well-being.

美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）与疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）联合成立了工作、家庭与健康网络（WFHN），该网络是一个跨学科研究项目，旨在深化对职场实践和政策对工作、家庭生活及健康结果影响的认知。工作、家庭与健康网络还致力于阐明此类实践和政策如何被雇主采纳，以及如何由管理者与员工实施。工作、家庭与健康研究（WFHS）通过分组随机实地实验进行，分别在代表不同行业的两家雇主中进行。其中，一家《财富》500强公司（化名：Tomo）的信息技术部门共有26个研究地点，由56个包含7至60名员工的研究小组组成。在扩展护理公司（化名：Leef）中，30个工作地点，每个地点有30至89名员工，被随机分配至干预组或常规实践（UP）组。所有参与员工和管理者均在基线以及基线后6个月、12个月和18个月进行评估。从员工和管理者处收集了他们对工作时长、工作与家庭之间的平衡、远程工作的机会、在需要时休假和请假的能力，以及工作中的决策权等方面的观点。还收集了有关与管理者讨论工作外冲突、在同事缺席时愿意提供帮助、职场安全以及生病时上班的义务等问题。此外，还收集了受访者离职的可能性、受访者是否在寻找其他工作、自我与他人工作绩效评价、对上司的看法，以及一系列与心理压力和福祉相关的问题。