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Workplace injuries have negative consequences for individuals, families, organizations, and society as a whole. In the paper, the researchers expand upon the job demands-resources (JD-R) model to include family demands and resources, as well as individual resources, and test longitudinally both between- and within-person antecedents of workplace injuries. They use nine waves of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) and follow the same individuals over a 12-year period. Using a multilevel logistic regression model, they find that both family and work demands increase the probability of workplace injuries. They also find contradictory effects at the between- and within-person levels: for instance, a spouse's work hours are negatively associated with the probability of suffering a workplace injury between-person (i.e., an individual whose spouse works more is less likely to get injured at work); however, it is positively associated with the probability of suffering a workplace injury within-person (i.e., an individual will be more likely to experience workplace injury if his/her spouse increases their work hours). They discuss their findings and their implications for individuals, organizations, and policy makers.

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Kramer, A., Cho, S. H. (2016). The Demands and Resources of Work and Family: A Longitudinal Study of their Effects on the Risk of Injuries in the Workplace. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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This study was part of the Department of Labor Scholars Program, and was produced outside of CEO’s standard research development process.