Workplace social support and work-family conflict: a meta-analysis clarifying the influence of general and work-family-specific supervisor and organizational support

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner T ; Hammer LB ; Kossek EE ; Pichler S
• Description:
  This article uses meta-analysis to develop a model integrating research on relationships between employee perceptions of general and work-family-specific supervisor and organizational support and work-family conflict. Drawing on 115 samples from 85 studies comprising 72,507 employees, we compared the relative influence of 4 types of workplace social support to work-family conflict: perceived organizational support (POS); supervisor support; perceived organizational work-family support, also known as family-supportive organizational perceptions (FSOP); and supervisor work-family support. Results show work-family-specific constructs of supervisor support and organization support are more strongly related to work-family conflict than general supervisor support and organization support, respectively. We then test a mediation model assessing the effects of all measures at once and show positive perceptions of general and work-family-specific supervisor indirectly relate to work-family conflict via organizational work-family support. These results demonstrate that work-family-specific support plays a central role in individuals' work-family conflict experiences. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Family Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Analytical-models Attitude Employees Families Management-personnel Mental-processes Psychological-responses Sociological-factors Supervisory-personnel Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization

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• ISSN:
  0031-5826
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Michigan ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  289-313
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043653
• Citation:
  Pers Psychol 2011 Summer; 64(2):289-313
• Contact Point Address:
  Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University, Associate Director, Center for Work-Family Stress Safety & Health, School of Human Resources & Labor Relations, East Lansing, MI 48824-1032
• Email:
  kossek@msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Personal Psychology
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bad36ae48de4f35d3f850db242b7d227d7546f0c0188f8e2d3d693545a7c760a5c1d573a2475914fe6b03cb1ac0304a0f0fea2ce91930c83b45ce83442c91c91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195492/cdc_195492_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 167.33 KB ]