scholarly journals Managerial support, work–family conflict and employee outcomes: an Australian study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Anh Tran ◽  
Sadia Mansoor ◽  
Muhammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Support ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

PurposeDerived from leader–member exchange theory, this study hypothesises the relationships between work–family related managerial support and affective commitment and job satisfaction, and advocates that these relationships are mediated by work–family conflict.Design/methodology/approachThe model was tested in an Australian manufacturing organisation using survey data from employees, using structural equation modelling in Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS).FindingsThe findings suggest that enhanced work–family related managerial support will decrease work–family conflict, eventually enhancing employees' affective commitment and job satisfaction.Originality/valueThis study provides important insights into the impact of managerial support on improvements in employees' work–family conflict, and, in turn, its impact on affective commitment and job satisfaction, in the Australian context.

Work–family conflict, affective commitment, leadership and job satisfaction: a moderated mediation analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abinash Panda ◽  
Nikunj Kumar Jain ◽  
Ranjeet Nambudiri
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Family

PurposeThe detrimental influence of perceived work–family conflict (WFC) on employees' job-related attitudes has been examined in individualistic cultures. However, this relationship needs to be studied in collectivist societies, where the “family” is a salient social institution with family-centric work ethics. This study empirically investigates the role of nurturant task leadership (NTL) behavior in attenuating (1) the negative direct effect of perceived WFC on job satisfaction and (2) the negative indirect effect of perceived WFC on job satisfaction, mediated through affective commitment (AC) on a sample of employees from a public sector bank in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a cross-sectional research design, and the data were collected from 244 executives working in the banking sector of India. The direct, indirect and moderated effects were analyzed using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression.FindingsNTL behavior was found to moderate the negative direct relationships between perceived WFC and job satisfaction as well as the negative indirect relationship between perceived WFC and job satisfaction, mediated through AC.Research limitations/implicationsThe study contributes to existing literature on WFC by introducing an important boundary condition in NTL behavior, thus providing impetus to further research in this direction through research designs that allow for causal inference and generalizability.Practical implicationsFindings from this study can provide useful pointers to organizations dealing with employee performance challenges owing to WFC. Results indicate that leaders who exhibit NTL behavior are more likely to attenuate the negative influence of WFC on employee attitudes and performance.Originality/valueThis study is among the first empirical examination of the effectiveness of NTL behavior in mitigating the negative effects of perceived WFC on job satisfaction.

scholarly journals Doctors’ Job Satisfaction and Its Relationships With Doctor-Patient Relationship and Work-Family Conflict in China: A Structural Equation Modeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 004695801879083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shumin Deng ◽  
Ningxi Yang ◽  
Shiyue Li ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Hong Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Work Family

The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of doctors’ job satisfaction with doctor-patient relationship and work-family conflict in China. The data came from a cross-sectional survey in Hubei province, which was part of China’s Fifth National Health Services Survey conducted in 2013. The survey in Hubei covered 54 secondary and tertiary general hospitals distributed in 20 counties. Of the 1080 questionnaires, 908 were included into our analysis. After surviving from reliability and validity tests, structural equation modeling was applied for further analysis with SPSS 20.0 and Mplus 7.0. The results showed that the average score of job satisfaction is 19.61 out of 30 points, indicating a relatively low level of doctors’ job satisfaction in Hubei province. Work-family conflict was found to have negative impact on doctors’ job satisfaction, and good doctor-patient relationship was found to have positive impact on their job satisfaction. Therefore, hospital administrators and policy makers should make effort to design and implement strategies that focus on meliorating doctor-patient relationship and balancing doctors’ work and family life to further improve their job satisfaction.

THE EFFECT OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND JOB INSECURITY ON INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF KOREAN WORKERS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850003 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUK BONG CHOI ◽  
NICOLE CUNDIFF ◽  
KIHWAN KIM ◽  
SAJA NASSAR AKHATIB
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Work Family

South Korea is becoming an advanced economy based on continuous innovative organisational efforts. Job stressors have been identified in the literature as a major hindrance to many positive organisational behaviours. We predict that job insecurity and work–family conflict will have a negative effect on innovative behaviour with mediators of job satisfaction and organisational commitment. Results from structural equation models provided support for this study. From a practical perspective, the significant negative relationships between job stressors and innovative behaviour imply the need to reduce work–family conflict and feelings of job insecurity in Korean companies in order to foster innovation.

The impact of different supports on work-family conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Maria Ferri ◽  
Matteo Pedrini ◽  
Egidio Riva
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how the actual use of supports available from the state, organisations and families helps workers reduce perceived work–family conflict (WFC), explored from both works interfering with family (WIF) and family interfering with work (FIW) perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a survey of 2,029 employees at six large Italian firms. To test hypotheses, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed. Findings WFC should be explored considering its bi-directionality, as supports have different impacts on WIF and FIW. Workplace instrumental support elicits mixed effects on WFC, whereas workplace emotional support and familiar support reduce both FIW and WIF. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to the Italian national context, and data were collected in a single moment of time, which did not allow for observing changes in employees’ lives. Practical implications Human resource managers, as well as policy makers, will find this study’s results useful in designing effective work–life balance policies and supports, in which attention is devoted mainly to promoting workplace emotional supports and facilitating familiar support. Social implications The study highlights that by reducing pressures from work and family responsibilities that generate WFC conditions, organisational and familiar supports elicit different effects, which should be considered carefully when defining policies and interventions. Originality/value This study is one of the few that compare the role of supports provided by actors in different sectors on FIW and WIF, thereby allowing for an understanding of whether the bi-directionality of the conflicts is a relevant perspective.

Explaining job satisfaction and voluntary assistance among Nigerian police officers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Smart Egwu Otu ◽  
Ivan Sun ◽  
Charles Ikechukwu Akor ◽  
Macpherson Uchenna Nnam ◽  
Yuning Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Worker Support ◽  
Work Family

PurposeThis study aims to assess the direct relationships between internal support and job satisfaction and voluntary assistance and their indirect connections through work–family conflict among Nigerian police officers.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from police officers in a midsized state police command in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the connections between supervisor support, peer support, work–family conflict, job satisfaction and voluntary assistance.FindingsPolice officers with stronger supervisor and co-worker support are more inclined to express higher job satisfaction, whereas such support is not linked to officers' willingness to help fellow officers. Work–family conflict mediates the relationship between co-worker support and voluntary assistance. Stronger peer support is accompanied by higher work–family conflict, which then is linked to greater helping behavior.Originality/valueDespite many studies on police job satisfaction, research on correlates of job satisfaction in an African context remains severely under-investigated. This study represents one of the first attempts to assess police proactive helping behavior and job satisfaction in Nigeria.

The impact of the work-family conflict on employee engagement, performance, and turnover intention

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neuza Ribeiro ◽  
Daniel Gomes ◽  
Ana Rita Oliveira ◽  
Ana Suzete Dias Semedo
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The incompatibility between the sphere of work and the family is a reality that plagues many workers today. The difficult articulation of these two domains leads to the experience of the phenomenon called work–family conflict (WFC). This paper aims to assess the impact that WFC may have on employee engagement and performance, as well as on their turnover intention. It is also intended to test the mediating effect of engagement on the relationship between WFC and performance, and between WFC and the turnover intention. Design/methodology/approach One hundred and sixty-seven employees from various Portuguese organizations were surveyed. Respondents reported their perceptions of own WFC, engagement, performance and turnover intention. Findings The results revealed that employees who feel a higher WFC have lower levels of engagement and greater intention to leave the organization. The WFC showed no relation to performance. Engagement takes on the mediating role in the relationship between WFC and the turnover intention. Practical implications The relevance of this study is related to the implications that it may bring to companies in the context of implementing work–family balance strategies to reduce the referred conflict. Originality/value This study contributes to WFC literature by attempting to integrate in the same model four concepts in a single study to provide a model that depicts the chain of effects between WFC, engagement, individual performance and turnover intention, which has never been done in the Portuguese context.

A meta-analytic model on the role of organizational support in work-family conflict and employee satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3767-3786
Author(s):  
Xinyuan (Roy) Zhao ◽  
Jiale Wang ◽  
Rob Law ◽  
Xinping Fan
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Family

Purpose This study aims to illustrate how organizational support can reduce work-family conflict (WFC) and improve job/life satisfaction by synthesizing the empirical findings among hospitality employees. Design/methodology/approach Previous empirical papers were searched through tourism and hospitality journals and 54 studies were ultimately selected. The correlation coefficients were coded and examined through meta-analysis, after which they were used to test the hypothesized model via meta-analytic structural equation modeling. Findings Findings demonstrated that organizational support plays a critical role in helping employees release WFC and improve life satisfaction but not job satisfaction. The number of children is a salient factor at the individual level on predicting WFC, whereas gender relates only to life satisfaction. The asymmetric permeable roles of WFC dimensions among work, family and life domains were also shown. Practical implications The findings can help hospitality managers be aware of the critical roles of organizational support in assisting employees to handle WFC and improve job and life satisfaction. Originality/value The relationships among organizational support, WFC and job/life satisfaction of frontline employees have been examined for the first time via meta-analytic SEM. In this manner, previous consistent and inconsistent findings can be synthesized for future theoretical development.

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