Family-supportive organization perceptions, multiple dimensions of work-family conflict and employee satisfaction

Lapierre, L M and Spector, P E and Allen, T D and Poelmans, S and Cooper, C L and O'Driscoll, M and Sanchez, J I and Brough, P and Kinnunen, U (2008) Family-supportive organization perceptions, multiple dimensions of work-family conflict and employee satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73 (1). pp. 92-106. ISSN 0001-8791

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Abstract

Using samples of managers drawn from five Western countries, we tested a theoretical model linking employees’ perceptions of their work environment’s family-supportiveness to six different dimensions of work–family conflict (WFC), and to their job satisfaction, family satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Our results are consistent with a causal process whereby employees working in an environment viewed as more family-supportive experience lower levels of WFC. Reduced WFC then translates into greater job and family satisfaction, followed by greater overall life satisfaction. These findings were generalizable across the five samples.