Antecedents of FSSB: Evaluating the Demographic Basis of Support

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• Personal Author:
  Schemmel EA
• Description:
  The benefits of family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB) have been well-documented in recent literature. However, less research has examined the antecedents of FSSB. The present study draws from two theoretical models of FSSB to investigate the demographic antecedents of FSSB in a military sample. Supervisor and employee gender, partnered status, parental status, and elder caregiving status were examined to determine by whom, and for whom, FSSB is provided, as measured by employee perceptions. I hypothesized that supervisors and employees who are women, partnered, parents, and/or caregivers to elders would have higher employee-ratings of FSSB. Furthermore, the present study applied a relational demography perspective to examine supervisor-employee dyads who have matching characteristics (i.e., a match between the two members of the dyad on gender, race, partnered status, parental status, and elder caregiving status). I hypothesized that supervisor-employee dyads that match in any of these characteristics would have higher employee-ratings of FSSB and greater agreement between supervisor-ratings and employee-ratings of FSSB. I also hypothesized that dyads with more matching characteristics would have greater employee-ratings of FSSB and greater agreement in supervisor-ratings and employee-ratings of FSSB. Only eldercare match was tentatively related to greater FSSB agreement. Supplemental analyses showed that supervisors in racially diverse dyads may tend to overrate their own FSSB. However, the findings of the present study generally did not support that employee and supervisor demographics were associated with perceptions of FSSB within this military organizational context. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Demography Family Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Demographic Characteristics Families Military Personnel Occupational Psychology Supervisory Personnel Work Organization
• Publisher:
  Portland State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-121
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068691
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Portland State University, 2023 Mar; :1-121
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Antecedents of FSSB: evaluating the demographic basis of support
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5b00e28755c27a207375083d63ab32dbbd841016aca00547d5de56f76a86ef7de9ec53b6be77f50a2849117dbe6cf29f47db71d0d709633d64ac8862ce86301d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207281/cdc_207281_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]