Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Comparing Web-Based and Blended Training for Coping With Challenges of Flexible Work Designs: Randomized Controlled Trial
Originally published 2023-12-19 · Journal of Medical Internet Research
JMIR Publications Inc. · DOI 10.2196/42510 ↗
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about accessible boundary and recovery training with protected participation time; the original evidence concerns 575 workers randomized to web training, blended training or waitlist; 373 in the final sample.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What skills might help me use flexible work without losing my boundaries?
This reading brings self-regulation training for detachment, work-life balance and recovery under flexible work into the independence pathway. The three-arm randomized controlled training trial offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
575 workers randomized to web training, blended training or waitlist; 373 in the final sample
Age / stage: Adult workers with flexible work designs
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess the six-week modules, group sessions and waitlist comparison?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about outcomes across follow-ups and the loss of participants from randomization to analysis?
- What would need to be checked before adopting accessible boundary and recovery training with protected participation time?
Keep the limits in view
Attrition, self-reported outcomes and selection into flexible work constrain transfer; blended sessions did not add superior outcome effects despite better participation.
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Sarah Elena Althammer; Anne Marit Wöhrmann; Alexandra Michel (2023). Comparing Web-Based and Blended Training for Coping With Challenges of Flexible Work Designs: Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/42510
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