title: Work-family conflict and safety participation of high-speed railway drivers: Job satisfaction as a mediator.
abstract: Despite the large body of work on the work-family interface, hardly any literature has addressed the work-family interface in safety-critical settings. This study draws from social exchange theory to examine the effect of employees' strain-based work-to-family conflict on their supervisors' rating of their safety participation through job satisfaction. The sample consisted of 494 drivers from a major railway company in China. The results of a structural equation model revealed that drivers' strain-based work-to-family conflict negatively influences safety participation, and the relationship was partially mediated by job satisfaction. These findings highlight the importance of reducing employees' work-to-family conflict in safety-critical organizations.
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044, China. Electronic address: gming@bjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044, China.
authors.forename: Ganli
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Sino-American Elite Education & Technology Co., Ltd., China.
authors.forename: Zhehan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D054541:Family Conflict; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D011890:Railroads; D012449:Safety; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D000072358:Work-Life Balance
keywords: High-speed rail; Safety behavior; Safety participation; Social exchange theory; Work-to-family conflict