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Meyer K, Zachmeyer M, Paccione J, Cardenas C, Zernial C, Smith C. A Community Initiative to Engage Employers to Support Caregiving Employees and Build an Advocacy Alliance. J Aging Soc Policy 2024; 36:532-546. [PMID: 37365764 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2226340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Family caregivers to persons living with a chronic or disabling condition often report disruption to their employment. Employment disruption can cause long-term financial difficulty and psychological distress for caregivers, high costs for employers, and exacerbates social inequities. In this commentary, we describe a community initiative to better support employees who are caregivers conducted with nonprofit employers in San Antonio, located in the central Texas region of the United States. This initiative aimed to raise awareness among local employers about the challenges employees face in balancing employment and caregiving. This led to the co-development of a pledge to guide employer efforts to support employees who are caregivers. This initiative represents a first step to mobilize employers as stakeholder allies to improve workplace support for family caregivers. The authors draw on the Shilton Model of Policy Advocacy to make the case that the mobilization of employers as advocacy stakeholders can hasten the advancement of policies that enable family caregivers to balance both roles. Further, the implementation of organization-level changes, in addition to state and federal policy changes, to support employed caregivers by employers is consistent with recommendations of the recently published National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
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- Kylie Meyer
- Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Chambel MJ, Carvalho VS, Gomes F, Rodrigues-Silveira C. Work-family boundary management profiles and well-being at work: A study with militaries on a humanitarian aid mission. MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 36:431-442. [PMID: 37450353 PMCID: PMC11197895 DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2023.2195793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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This study aims to contribute to an analysis of the well-being of military personnel who are deployed on humanitarian aid missions, taking their work-family (personal life) boundary management into consideration by analyzing the relationship between their preferences and enacted boundaries and military personnel' well-being. Specifically, this study analyzed the boundary fit approach, positing that it is the adjustment between individuals' preferences and enacted boundaries that influences their well-being. Using a sample of 327 military personnel, boundary management profiles were performed, considering the fit between their segmentation preferences and enactment. Furthermore, the relationship between these profiles and the military personnel' well-being was established. The results indicated that misfit profiles were found where the soldiers enacted less segmentation than desired or, on the contrary, more integration than desired, and a profile with a fit between the work-family segmentation they desired and enacted. The military personnel in the fit profile had significantly higher levels of well-being (i.e.,less exhaustion and more work engagement) than those in the misfit profile, who enacted less segmentation than desired. The findings have implications for the design of boundary management literature and future military missions.
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Xu J, Peng Y, Foli KJ. Nurses Caring for Older Adult Family Members: Disclosing Caregiving to Work Supervisors. West J Nurs Res 2024; 46:374-380. [PMID: 38500354 DOI: 10.1177/01939459241238675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Disclosure of family caregiving to work supervisors is needed for nurses to access work support for family caregiving. Little is known about characteristics of nurses who decide to/not to disclose family caregiving to supervisors. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine characteristics of nurses based on whether they disclosed caregiving responsibilities to their nursing supervisors and describe reasons for non-disclosure. METHODS This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey. Registered nurses who had a work supervisor and cared for an older adult family member completed a survey including demographics, work and caregiving characteristics, and disclosure. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were conducted. RESULTS The sample included 162 nurses. Participants were on average 50 years old, 90.1% female, 65.4% married, and 80.9% were caring for a parent or parent-in-law. The disclosure was more likely among nurses who provided higher intensity care (hours of care), cared for a parent or in-law, or had a quality caregiver-care recipient relationship. Reasons for non-disclosure included wanting to separate personal and work life, discomfort, and fear of consequences. CONCLUSIONS Nurses struggle with similar disclosure challenges as other family caregivers. Care intensity, caregiver-care recipient relationships, and care stress were associated with disclosure behaviors.
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- Jiayun Xu
- School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
- Department of Organizational Sciences & Communication, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Jansen J, Snippen N, Koning P, Boot C, van Ooijen R, Brouwer S. Discrepancies between workers with disabilities and their supervisors in reported work accommodations and associations with return to work. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:525. [PMID: 36934226 PMCID: PMC10024848 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15038-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The aims of this study were: (1) to explore the frequency of discrepancies in work accommodations reported by workers and their supervisors, and (2) to investigate whether these discrepancies are associated with full return to work (RTW). METHODS We used data from a longitudinal survey study of long-term sick-listed workers and their supervisors (n = 406). Discrepancies in reports on implementing eight types of work accommodations were explored. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to test associations between discrepancies in reported work accommodations and odds of full RTW 27 months after the sick-leave onset. RESULTS Discrepancies were the lowest for the work accommodation therapeutic RTW (53%) and the highest (85%) for job training or education and reimbursement of therapy or treatment. Four out of eight types of work accommodations were more often reported by workers than by their supervisors. Only a discrepancy on a job reassignment within the organization was associated with lower odds of full RTW (OR 0.56, 95%-CI 0.36-0.88). CONCLUSION We found substantial discrepancies in the reported implementation of work accommodations between workers and their supervisors. Future research should focus on disentangling mechanisms that lead to discrepancies to avoid inefficiencies in the RTW process.
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- Joke Jansen
- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen, 9700 AD, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen, 9700 AD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Societal participation & Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen, 9700 AD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen, 9700 AD, The Netherlands
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Impact of Work–Life Balance on Working Women in the Banking Sector. ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/admsci13010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In every organization, employees deal with increasing job pressures. In recent years, women have faced even greater difficulties in such circumstances. This study proposed to investigate how work–life balance (WLB) affects the personal lives of working women in the banking industry of Larkana city, Pakistan. The information was gathered via a standardized questionnaire from 266 female bank employees in Larkana. The ANOVA results showed that a good WLB generally had a beneficial impact on working women’s personal lives. While prolonged working hours (PLWH) had a detrimental impact on women’s personal lives (PL), income packages (SP) and marital status (MS) had beneficial effects. A successful work–life balance in the banking industry will increase female employees’ commitment and productivity, and our study concluded that any positive work–life policies and practices offered by banking companies present additional benefits. This study offers essential intriguing facts and empirical evidence on this little-studied region in the city of Larkana. Moreover, our study emphasizes the practical ramifications of WLB for working women and organizations.
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Erdogan DT, Heras ML, Rofcanin Y, Bosch MJ, Stollberger J. Family motivation of supervisors: Exploring the impact on subordinates’ work performance via family supportive supervisor behaviors and work–family balance satisfaction. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Didem T. Erdogan
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Brunel University London UK
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- Work and Organizational Psychology IESE Business School Madrid Spain
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- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management University of Bath, School of Management Bath UK
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Susanto P, Hoque ME, Jannat T, Emely B, Zona MA, Islam MA. Work-Life Balance, Job Satisfaction, and Job Performance of SMEs Employees: The Moderating Role of Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors. Front Psychol 2022; 13:906876. [PMID: 35800926 PMCID: PMC9253617 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Even though studies on work-life balance and family-supportive supervisor behaviors are prevalent, there are few studies in the SME setting, and the implications are yet unexplained. Thus, the study examines the effect of work-life balance on the performance of employees in SMEs, along with the mediating role of job satisfaction and the moderating role of family-supportive supervisor behaviors. We have developed a conceptually mediated-moderated model for the nexus of work-life balance and job performance. We collected data from SMEs and employed SEM-PLS to test the research hypothesis and model. Empirical results demonstrate that work-life balance positively influences job satisfaction and performance. Our empirical findings also revealed that job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between work-life balance and job performance. We also found that when FSSB interacts with work-life balance and job satisfaction, it moderates the relationship between work-life balance and job performance and job satisfaction and job performance. Hence, our findings provide exciting and valuable insights for research and practice.
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- Perengki Susanto
- Department of Management, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Economics and Management, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
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- Department of Management, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia
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- Department of Management, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia
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Impacts of Work–Family Culture on Employee Job Performance in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14127003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The harmonized balance between work and family is tough to reach in modern industrial societies because of increasing demands at work and in family settings. Previous studies analyzed work–family culture and its relationship with employees’ job performance without focusing on specific industries. Paralleled with the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs), this study aims to analyze the relationship between work–family culture and employees’ job performance in selected industries in Malaysia. This study surveyed 336 employees working in four industries in Peninsular Malaysia, and data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using two statistical analyses, i.e., descriptive and inferential statistic multiple linear regression by assisting statistical software, namely SPSS version 26. This study found that organizational time demands, and managerial support have a significant positive relationship with employees’ job performance. Moreover, the career consequences variable does not have a significant effect on employees’ job performance. Therefore, the results provided valuable insights into the work–family culture among employees with family responsibilities. Applied implications for managers are suggested to give full support to the employees while juggling their family matters. This study also contributes to the existing work–family culture literature. After a thorough analysis of this field, the researcher believed that other factors might significantly affect employees’ job performance, such as religiosity, working environment, and integrity in the organizations.
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Jin S, Zhu X, Fu X, Wang J. Family Supportive Leadership and Counterproductive Work Behavior: The Roles of Work-Family Conflict, Moral Disengagement and Personal Life Attribution. Front Psychol 2022; 13:906877. [PMID: 35693528 PMCID: PMC9184795 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) is one of the most common behavioral decisions of employees in the workplace that negatively impacts the sustainable development of enterprises. Previous studies have shown that individuals make CWB decisions for different reasons. Some individuals engage in CWB due to cognitive factors (i.e., perceived organizational justice and psychological contract breakdown), whereas others engage in CWB in response to leadership behaviors (i.e., abusive management). The conservation of resources (COR) theory holds that individuals have the tendency to preserve, protect and acquire resources. When experiencing the loss of resources, individuals will show irrational and aggressive behaviors in order to regain resources. When obtaining resources, individuals' tension and pressure will be relieved. To maintain or continue obtaining resources, individuals will show more positive work attitudes and behaviors. Therefore, using the COR theory as the main theoretical framework, this study explores a serial mediation model between family supportive leadership and CWB through work-family conflict and moral disengagement, moderated by personal life attribution. A three-wave survey of 251 medical workers from three hospitals found that family supportive leadership can reduce employees' perceived work-family conflict, which leads to less moral disengagement, resulting in lower CWB. Personal life attribution strengthens the negative indirect effect of family supportive leadership on CWB by reinforcing the negative association between family supportive leadership and work-family conflict. This study uses the COR theory to explore the mechanism and boundary conditions of family supportive leadership and CWB from the perspective of negative work-family relationship, which enrichis the research content of existing theories. Moreover, this study has important guiding significance for managers to take effective measures to reduce CWB.
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- Shan Jin
- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- School of Information, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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Lin L, Bai Y. The Dual Spillover Spiraling Effects of Family Incivility on Workplace Interpersonal Deviance: From the Conservation of Resources Perspective. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS : JBE 2022; 184:725-740. [PMID: 35540176 PMCID: PMC9072763 DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In recent years, interest in family-to-work interference and its consequences has increased dramatically. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we propose and test a dual spillover spiraling model which examines the indirect effects of family incivility on workplace interpersonal deviance through increasing family-to-work conflict (resource loss spiral) and decreasing family-to-work enrichment (resource gain spiral). We also examine the moderating effects of family-supportive supervisor behaviors on these indirect effects. The findings from a three-wave survey, with 455 employees and their coworkers in 60 teams, reveal that experienced family incivility (Time 1) induces more interpersonal deviance at work (Time 3) through facilitating family-to-work conflict (Time 2) and inhibiting family-to-work enrichment (Time 2). Such indirect deviation amplifying effects are mitigated by higher supervisor-level family-supportive supervisor behaviors (Time 1). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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- Lan Lin
- School of Management, Xiamen University, Siming South Road #422, Xiamen, 361005 Fujian China
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- School of Management, Xiamen University, Siming South Road #422, Xiamen, 361005 Fujian China
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Michel JS, Rotch MA, O'Neill SK. The effects of work and nonwork boundary fit on role satisfaction and subjective well-being. Stress Health 2022; 38:163-170. [PMID: 34021679 DOI: 10.1002/smi.3070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Employees manage work and nonwork boundaries, or socially constructed lines of demarcation, in different ways due to their preferences and ability to do so. When an individual's integration-segmentation boundary enactment matches their boundary preference, they possess greater boundary fit. We examined the impact of work and nonwork boundary fit on subjective well-being, mediated by work and nonwork satisfaction. Results from a three-wave study confirmed positive direct effects for work/nonwork boundary fit on role satisfaction and role satisfaction on subjective well-being. We also found significant mediation effects for role satisfaction between work/nonwork boundary fit and subjective well-being. Overall, work boundary fit had stronger direct and indirect effects than nonwork boundary fit. This research helps clarify theoretical distinctions among work-nonwork fit constructs and extends the boundary fit literature through an atomistic fit perspective. Future research could consider examining boundary fit through cross-lagged panel designs and response surface modelling, as well as extending our model to examine nuanced aspects of boundary fit (e.g., physical, temporal, cognitive) and its relationship with additional outcomes (e.g., performance, burnout) and contextual factors (e.g., part-time vs. full-time employment, frontline vs. office-based employment).
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- Jesse S Michel
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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The impact on organizations, individuals, and care when nurses are also family caregivers. Nurs Outlook 2022; 70:381-390. [DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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When workplace family-support is misallocated: effects of value congruence and fairness perceptions on supervisor family-support. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1017/jmo.2021.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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To better manage our work demands and family demands, we often erect mental or physical ‘boundaries’ to help manage our experiences. However, preferences for preserving these boundaries differ across individuals (e.g., some individuals may prefer to segment work/family roles, while others may prefer to integrate these roles) and employees may not always have similar preferences/values as their supervisors. Applying a resource framework from the job demands-resources model (JD-R; Bakker & Demerouti, 2007), we explicate the process through which supervisor–employee value congruence reduces work–family conflict, when supervisors provide valuable emotional and instrumental resources through family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB). Furthermore, we find evidence that supervisors can demonstrate adequate FSSB even when having incongruent values with employees by fairly allocating and individually tailoring family-support. With a diverse sample of 815 staff members from four southern US universities, we conduct mediation and moderation analyses to test our hypotheses.
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