Unraveling the Relationship Between Family-Supportive Supervisor and Employee Performance. (April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Peng; Walumbwa, Fred O.; Wang, Hui; Aryee, Samuel
• Is Part Of: Group & organization management. Volume 38:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 258
• Page End: 287
• Publication Date: 2013-04
• Subjects: family-supportive supervisor -- supervisor-rated citizenship behavior -- supervisor-rated task performance -- relational identification with supervisor -- job satisfaction; Group relations training -- Periodicals; 658.4
• DOI: 10.1177/1059601112472726
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1059-6011

Abstract

This study examined the role of job satisfaction, relational identification with supervisor, and work-family conflict in explaining the influence of family-friendly supervision (FFS) on supervisor-rated citizenship behavior and task performance using data from a Chinese pharmaceutical company. Hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that job satisfaction mediated the relationship between FFS and supervisor-rated citizenship behavior, whereas relational identification with supervisor mediated the relationship between FFS and supervisor-rated task performance. We also found that work-family conflict moderates the relationship between FFS and job satisfaction. We discuss implications of these findings for theory and practice.