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. 2022 Sep 3;19(17):11056.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191711056.

How Work-Family Conflict Influenced the Safety Performance of Subway Employees during the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic: Testing a Chained Mediation Model

Jingyu Zhang  1   2 , Yao Fu  3 , Zizheng Guo  3   4   5   6 , Ranran Li  7 , Qiaofeng Guo  3   6
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How Work-Family Conflict Influenced the Safety Performance of Subway Employees during the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic: Testing a Chained Mediation Model

Jingyu Zhang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This study examined the impact of work-family conflict on subway employees' safety performance during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a chain mediation model in which job burnout and affective commitment play mediating roles in this process. Using questionnaire data from 632 Chinese subway employees during February 2020, structural equation modeling analyses were performed. The analyses showed that work-family conflict had a significant negative impact on subway employee safety performance. Moreover, job burnout completely mediated the influence of work-family conflict on safety performance, while affective commitment only partially mediated the influence of job burnout on safety performance. These findings suggest the important role played by Work-Family balance during the pandemic and contribute to a deeper understanding of the inner mechanisms. We also discussed several practical implications for organizations to reduce the negative impact of work-family conflict on safety performance.

Keywords: affective commitment; job burnout; safety performance; work-family conflict.

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The proposed chain mediation model of the impact of work-family conflict on safety performance. (a) Safety performance: Safety participation. (b) Safety performance: Safety compliance.
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Tests of the chain mediation model. (a) Safety performance: Safety participation. *** Significant at p < 0.001. (b) Safety performance: Safety compliance. *** Significant at p < 0.001.
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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. T2192932 and No. 52072320).