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Review of Managerial Science
Published in: Review of Managerial Science 4/2019

25-11-2017 | Original Paper

Why perceived organizational and supervisory family support is important for organizations? Evidence from the field

Authors: Özgür Demirtaş, Aykut Arslan, Mustafa Karaca

Published in: Review of Managerial Science | Issue 4/2019

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Abstract

The relationship between perceived organizational support and its work-outcomes were usually based on social exchange theories. By keeping the social exchange framework in mind, this study additionally draws on “affective infusion model” and on “functionalist perspective” to study moderating role of cognitive emotion regulation (CER) in relationships among perceived organizational-supervisory family support (POFS–PSFS) and organizational identification, psychological contract breach, and work–family conflict (WFC). Results show that perceived POFS and PSFS are positively related to organizational identification, negatively related to WFC, and psychological contract breach. Employees with higher levels of CER tend to identify themselves more with their organizations and less with WFC (at Time 2) than do employees with low levels of CER in response to perceived organizational family support (at Time 1). Furthermore, employees with higher levels of CER tend to identify themselves more with their organizations, and have less psychological contract breach, and WFC (at Time 2) than do employees with low levels of CER in response to perceived supervisory family support (at Time 1). In the end, the implications, limitations, and future research directions were also discussed.
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Footnotes
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Halpern (2005): 167 posits that time-flexible policies may help employees have better health, and hence the cost of health care is reduced. So in the end fewer absences and late days may translate into higher productivity.
 
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Metadata
Title
Why perceived organizational and supervisory family support is important for organizations? Evidence from the field
Authors
Özgür Demirtaş
Aykut Arslan
Mustafa Karaca
Publication date
25-11-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Review of Managerial Science / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1863-6683
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6691
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-017-0264-x

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