Family Supportive Supervisor Training and Workplace Assessment Tool

NCT05080426 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2R42AG050347-02A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,175
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of FSST 2.0 (family supportive supervisor training plus support for use of family and sick leaves) using a randomized control trial design. We expect the intervention will increase supervisors' family supportive and leave supportive behaviors, which in turn will increase employees' leave use and decrease employees' work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion, depressive symptoms, and turnover intentions. This study will enroll a minimum 200 groups of managers and their employees. Managers in the intervention condition will complete pre- and 2 post-intervention Workplace Assessments, 2 online training modules, 1 webinar where managers can review intervention content and ask questions and share reactions on the materials. Managers in the control group and employees in both groups will complete pre- and 2 post-intervention Workplace Assessments. The post-intervention Workplace Assessment will be completed 3 and 6 months after the intervention. The total duration of the study is 9 months as the wait list control group will be offered the intervention and 2nd follow up survey after the 6-month trial.

Conditions

Psychosocial Deprivation; Work-Related Stress; Life-work Imbalance

Keywords

family supportive supervisor behaviors; work-family intervention; supervisor support for family; sick leave; family leave; workplace intervention; work life balance; supervisor training; manager training; work-family conflict; turnover intentions; flexible workplace; psychosocial intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors

  Family supportive supervisor behavior scale. Original scale: Minimum value = 1, Maximum value = 5. Reported numbers represent change in these values over time: Time 3 (5-months post-baseline survey) - Time 1 (baseline survey) scores. Positive scores = increase in scores over time (better outcome). Negative scores = decrease in scores over time (worse outcome).

  5 months after the intervention

• Change in Leave Supportive Supervisor Behaviors

  Original scale: Minimum value = 1, Maximum value = 5. Reported numbers represent change in these values over time: Time 3 (5-months post-baseline survey) - Time 1 (baseline survey) scores. Positive scores = increase in scores over time (better outcome). Negative scores = decrease in scores over time (worse outcome).

  5 months after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (16)

• Change in Work-family Conflict

  5 months after the intervention

• Change in Emotional Exhaustion

  5 months after the intervention

• Change in Employee's Leave Use

  5 months after the intervention

• Change in Turnover Intentions

  5 months after the intervention

• Change in Control Over Work

  5 months after the intervention

Study Arms (4)

Intervention Group - Managers

EXPERIMENTAL

Mangers in the intervention group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey; 2. Take the Family Supportive Supervisor Training online (FSST); 3. Take the Supervisor Support for Leave Use module; 4. Track their behaviors for two weeks; 5. Participate in a webinar and have the opportunity to ask questions and give comments; 6. Complete a post-training survey; 7. 8-10 managers may also participate in the focus group.

Behavioral: Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0

Control Group - Managers

NO INTERVENTION

Managers in the control group will be asked to: 1\. Complete an online survey three times over the course of 5 months.

Intervention Group - Employees

EXPERIMENTAL

Employees in the intervention group will be asked to: 1\. Complete an online survey three times over the course of 6 months.

Behavioral: Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0

Control Group - Employees

NO INTERVENTION

Employees in the control group will be asked to: 1\. Complete an online survey three times over the course of 5 months.

Interventions

Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0 BEHAVIORAL

FSST 2.0 is a workplace intervention package designed to increase supervisors' family and leave supportive behaviors and leave supportive behaviors. The package includes Workplace Assessment tool, 2 45-60 minute online training modules (family-supportive supervisor training and supervisors' leave supportive behavior training), a webinar, behavior training, and individualized feedback reports.

Also known as: FSST 2.0

Intervention Group - Employees; Intervention Group - Managers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• To be 18 years and older
• To be a supervisor with at least six employees or an employee of a participating supervisor

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Work Life Help: lead
• National Institute on Aging (NIA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States

Location

Related Publications (17)

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• Kossek, E. E., Lawson, K. M., Hammer, L. B., Allen, S., Bodner, T., Perry, M., & Xu, J. (April, 2024). Supervisor support for family/sick leaves intervention: An organizational field experiment. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Conference, Chicago, IL.

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• Kossek, E. E., Lawson, K. M., Hammer, L. B., Bodner, T., Perry, M., Xu, J., & Allen, S. (June, 2024). Leaders and leaves: Validating and evaluating a new measure of paid family supportive supervisor behaviors for family and sick leave. In E. E. Kossek (Chair), Fostering family supportive work scheduling (or not): Links to family and work outcomes. Symposium presented at the Work Family Researchers Network Conference, Montreal, Canada.

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Occupational Stress

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Ellen Ernst Kossek
• Organization: Purdue University

ekossek@purdue.edu

(765) 494-6852

Study Officials

• Ellen E Kossek, Ph.D.

  Work Life Help LLC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Basil S. Turner Distinguished Professor of Management

Model Details: The current study employs a cluster randomization strategy to assign organizations to either Condition A (intervention group) or Condition B (control group). One organization will be randomly assigned to the intervention and the other organization to the control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2021
• First Posted: October 15, 2021
• Study Start: October 27, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2023
• Study Completion: May 30, 2023
• Last Updated: October 8, 2024
• Results First Posted: August 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data and metadata from a publication will be made available by the online publication date.
• Access Criteria: The data will be deposited and made available through dataverse.org for easy access to qualified researchers and analysts ( i.e., only those affiliated with a university or similar organization that is listed on the Dataverse website as qualified users). The data will be available for use only for research purposes such as replication and secondary studies. User registration will be required in order to access or download files from dataverse.org.

Locations

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