Flexible Work and Well-being Center

灵活工作和福利中心

基本信息

批准号：
7691672
负责人：
PHYLLIS E MOEN
金额：
$ 15.43万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2005
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2005-07-18 至 2008-12-18
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to create a multidisciplinary center, the Flexible Work and Well-being Center, at the University of Minnesota. This center will serve as a key node in a new national research network that will study the interrelationships among work, family, health, and well-being. The primary goals of the center are to develop, in conjunction with the network, a theoretical framework, methodological tools, and research protocols for rigorous studies of the health effects of workplace policies and practices. We will partner with a large, high-tech company to conduct this developmental research. We will investigate workplace policies and practices that enhance employees' work-hour latitude, that is, flexibility and control over where and when employees' work and the number of hours spent on the job. Research suggests that greater work-hour latitude may be a critical intervention for improving the effective functioning, health, and well-being of workers and their families at every life stage. Our individual project will 1) summarize and evaluate existing research and theory on the direct, mediating, and moderating effects of work-hour latitude on employees' health, health-related behaviors, and well-being, 2) investigate the needs, strategies, and experiences of employees at different life stages and with different health and family statuses, with regards to work-hour latitude and health, 3) assess the implementation of existing work-hour latitude policies in our partner organization, and 4) identify and evaluate the feasibility of possible changes in work-hour latitude policies and practices in this organization and in others. We bring to the network extensive expertise in life course theory and institutional theories of organizational change. We propose to build on those traditions in collaborative projects that 1) analyze the needs of at-risk sub-groups of workers, particularly older workers, disabled workers, employees caring for aging or disabled relatives, and employees currently experiencing life course transitions, and 2) systematically assess organizational capacities and cultures in order to identify appropriate interventions and plan for their implementation. The dramatic shifts in the conditions of paid work and in family life that have occurred over the last fifty years have created a mismatch between the lived experiences of today's workers and families and the institutionalized structures of the workplace. The consequences of this mismatch include work-family conflicts and other forms of stress, strain, and a variety of health problems. This center, and the network as a whole, will investigate how workplace policies and practices can be changed to improve the health and wellbeing of workers and their family members, including the children who will become the workers of the next generation.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在明尼苏达大学创建一个多学科中心，即灵活的工作和福祉中心。该中心将在新的国家研究网络中充当关键节点，该网络将研究工作，家庭，健康和福祉之间的相互关系。该中心的主要目标是与网络一起开发一个理论框架，方法论工具和研究方案，以严格研究工作场所政策和实践的健康影响。我们将与一家大型高科技公司合作，进行这项发展研究。我们将调查工作场所政策和实践，以增强员工的工作时间纬度，即灵活性和控制员工的工作时间以及何时工作以及工作时间的数量。研究表明，在每个人生阶段，更大的工作时间纬度可能是改善工人及其家人的有效功能，健康和福祉的关键干预措施。我们的个人项目将1）总结并评估现有的研究和理论，以直接，调解和调节工作时间纬度对员工健康，与健康相关的行为和福祉的直接影响和理论，2）研究员工的需求，策略和经验在不同的健康阶段以及不同的健康状况和家庭状况方面的策略，并评估我们的工作局部和家庭状况，并评估我们的工作期间和健康的定位，3）工作，3）的工作，3）工程的实施，3）并评估该组织和其他人的工作时间纬度政策和实践可能发生变化的可行性。我们将生活课程理论和组织变革的机构理论的网络广泛专业知识带入了广泛的专业知识。我们建议在协作项目中以这些传统为基础，1）分析高危工人，尤其是老年工人，残疾工人，照顾老年人或残疾亲戚的员工的需求，以及当前经历生活课程过渡的员工，以及2）系统地评估组织能力和文化，以确定适当的干预措施和计划进行实施。在过去五十年中发生的有偿工作和家庭生活状况的急剧转变在当今工人和家庭的生活经历与工作场所的制度化结构之间造成了不匹配。这种不匹配的后果包括工作家庭冲突和其他形式的压力，压力和各种健康问题。该中心以及整个网络将如何更改工作场所的政策和实践，以改善工人及其家人的健康和福祉，包括将成为下一代工人的孩子。