Title | Health of caregiver-employees in Canada: Determining the value of caregiver-friendly workplace policies and social support |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Wang, L., Williams A., and Kitchen P. |
Journal | International Journal of Workplace Health Management |
Volume | 11 |
Pages | 382 - 394 |
Keywords | caregiver, caregiver-friendly workplace policies, health outcomes, qualitative research, work interferences |
Abstract | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of various employment characteristics on the health of Canadian caregiver-employees (CEs), who are working full-time in the labor market while also providing informal/family care to adults. Design/methodology/approach Framed with Pearlin et al.'s (1990) stress model and using data from Statistic Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 26 (2012), several work-related variables for caregivers were considered, including the availability of various forms of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs), and a series of work interferences (WIs) experienced as a result of the caregiving role. Findings This study provides evidence for the value of CFWPs in all workplaces. Counter-intuitively, family and other forms of support were found to negatively relate to both physical and mental health. Originality/value This suggests that CFWPs will not only have an impact on CEs' physical health outcomes, but will likely decrease the effect of the WIs experienced. |
URL | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJWHM-04-2018-0043 |
DOI | 10.1108/IJWHM-04-2018-0043 |
Document URL | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/IJWHM-04-2018-0043 |
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Publication language(s) | English |