FSST: Family Supportive Supervisor Training and Workplace Assessment Tool

Sponsor

Work Life Help (Industry)

Overall Status

Not yet recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05080426

Collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA) (NIH)

1,400

Enrollment

Arms

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of FSST 2.0 (family supportive supervisor training plus support for use of family and sick leaves) using a randomized control trial design. We expect the intervention will increase supervisors' family supportive and leave supportive behaviors, which in turn will increase employees' leave use and decrease employees' work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion, depressive symptoms, and turnover intentions. This study will enroll a minimum of 200 managers and 1200 employees across 100 teams. Managers in the intervention group will complete pre- and post-intervention Workplace Assessments, 2 online training modules, 1 webinar. A small portion of the managers (8-10) will participate in the focus group. Managers in the control group and employees in both groups will complete pre- and post-intervention Workplace Assessments. The post-intervention Workplace Assessment will be completed 6 months after the intervention. The total duration of the study is 9 months as the wait list control group will be offered the intervention and follow up survey after the 6 month trial.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Psychosocial Deprivation Work-Related Stress Life-work Imbalance	Behavioral: Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0	N/A

Detailed Description

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of FSST 2.0 (family supportive supervisor training plus support for use of family and sick leaves) using a randomized control trial design.

Phase of the Trial Based on the NIH's definition, the current study is a Phase III clinical trial, which usually involves several hundred or more human subjects, for the purpose of evaluating an experimental intervention in comparison with a standard or controlled intervention or comparing two or more existing treatments.
Type of trial - a randomized-control trial
Randomization strategy
Randomization method The current study employs a cluster randomization strategy to assign organizations to either Condition A (intervention group) or Condition B (control group) for a few key reasons. First, although only the supervisors will receive the training, the effectiveness of the training will be assessed at their employees' levels, thereby needing a nested data structure. Second, cluster randomization is effective in reducing contamination (Puffer et al., 2005). Third, when the intervention is offered at a team level, cluster randomization increases the external validity of the results (Donner & Klar, 2000). Within each organization, we will use a balanced group randomization strategy such that there will be an equal number of workgroups/teams/departments in the intervention or control condition. In the event that there is an odd number of such units, a slight imbalance (i.e., groups per condition) will be off by one group, which has minimal impact on statistical power to detect intervention effects.
Unit of randomization - organization
Allocation ratio - the same number of teams (one supervisor and at least 6 employees) will be recruited in both organization
Timing of randomization - before the baseline assessment
The statistician of the study will generate and implement the randomization schema.
Specification of the number of study groups/arms - 2
Duration of the study intervention - 9 months
Follow-up period - 6 and 9 months after the intervention
A single site trial - the Purdue University team will implement the intervention.
Name and brief description of study intervention FSST 2.0 is a workplace intervention package designed to increase supervisors' family and leave supportive behaviors and leave supportive behaviors. The package includes Workplace Assessment tool, 2 30-45-minute online training modules (family-supportive supervisor training and supervisors' leave supportive behavior training), a webinar, behavior training, and individualized feedback reports.
Control group The current trial employs a wait-list control group, "whereby participants will receive the usual care and will later receive the intervention in addition to the usual care" (Kinser & Robins, 2013, p.2).

One or more organization will be randomly assigned to receive the intervention and the other organization(s) will serve as a wait-list control group.

Mangers in the intervention group will be asked to:

Complete a baseline online survey. 2. Take the Family Supportive Supervisor Training online (FSST). 3. Take the Supervisor Support for Leave Use module training online. 4. Track their behaviors for two weeks 5. Participate in a webinar 7. Complete up to 2 post-training surveys. 8. 8-10 managers will participate in the focus group.

Employees in the control group and employees in both groups will be asked to:

Complete an online survey twice over the course of 6 months.

The wait list control group will be offered the training after the 6 months trial is over with a follow up survey.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

1400 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

The current study employs a cluster randomization strategy to assign organizations to either Condition A (intervention group) or Condition B (control group). One organization will be randomly assigned to the intervention and the other organization to the control group.The current study employs a cluster randomization strategy to assign organizations to either Condition A (intervention group) or Condition B (control group). One organization will be randomly assigned to the intervention and the other organization to the control group.

Masking:

Single (Investigator)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Family Supportive Supervisor Training and Workplace Assessment Tool

Anticipated Study Start Date :

Apr 1, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jan 1, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Jan 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group Mangers in the intervention group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey. 2. Take the Family Supportive Supervisor Training online (FSST). 3. Take the Supervisor Support for Leave Use module 4. Track their behaviors for two weeks 5. Participate in a webinar 7. Complete a post-training survey. 8. 8-10 managers will participate in the focus group. Employees in the intervention group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey twice over the course of 6 months.	Behavioral: Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0 FSST 2.0 is a workplace intervention package designed to increase supervisors' family and leave supportive behaviors and leave supportive behaviors. The package includes Workplace Assessment tool, 2 45-60 minute online training modules (family-supportive supervisor training and supervisors' leave supportive behavior training), a webinar, behavior training, and individualized feedback reports. Other Names: FSST 2.0
No Intervention: Control Group Managers and employees in the control group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey twice over the course of 6 months.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention Group

Mangers in the intervention group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey. 2. Take the Family Supportive Supervisor Training online (FSST). 3. Take the Supervisor Support for Leave Use module 4. Track their behaviors for two weeks 5. Participate in a webinar 7. Complete a post-training survey. 8. 8-10 managers will participate in the focus group. Employees in the intervention group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey twice over the course of 6 months.

Behavioral: Family Supportive Supervisor Training 2.0

FSST 2.0 is a workplace intervention package designed to increase supervisors' family and leave supportive behaviors and leave supportive behaviors. The package includes Workplace Assessment tool, 2 45-60 minute online training modules (family-supportive supervisor training and supervisors' leave supportive behavior training), a webinar, behavior training, and individualized feedback reports.

Other Names:

FSST 2.0

No Intervention: Control Group

Managers and employees in the control group will be asked to: 1. Complete an online survey twice over the course of 6 months.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

change in Family supportive supervisor behaviors [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
Family supportive behavior scale Hammer et al., 2013
change in Leave supportive supervisor behaviors [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
To be developed

Secondary Outcome Measures

change in work-family conflict [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
Matthews et al., 2010 work family conflict scale
change in emotional exhaustion [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
Barnett et al., 1999 emotional exhaustion scale
change in depressive symptoms [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
CES-D: Radloff, 1977
change in employee's leave use [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
number of days of leave used
change in turnover intentions [at baseline and 6 months after the intervention]
Boroff & Lewin, 1997 turnover intentions scale