TITLE:
The Mediating Effect of Fatigue on Work-Life Balance and Positive Well-Being in Railway Staff
AUTHORS:
Jialin Fan, Andrew P. Smith
KEYWORDS:
Well-Being, Work-Life Balance, Occupational Fatigue, Employee Happiness, Train Crew
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.6 No.6,
May
23,
2018
ABSTRACT: Both fatigue and negative work-life balance can be influenced by job characteristics and individual differences, while fatigue is associated with reduced positive well-being. This paper reports a study that investigated the mediation effect of fatigue between those stressors and well-being outcomes among UK railway staff. A large number of significant mediation effects of fatigue were found in this study, and as a result, the process by which job demands, job support and control influence major positive well-being outcomes can be partially explained by fatigue.