The effects of social support on work-family enhancement and work-family conflict in the public sector

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wadsworth, Lori L.; Owens, Bradley P.
• 署名单位: Brigham Young University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00698.x
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 75-86
• 关键词: PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; life satisfaction; federal-government; job-satisfaction; multiple roles; MODEL; involvement; validation; outcomes; stress

摘要

This study examines the impact of social support on work-family conflict and work-family enhancement. Data from 341 employees of public organizations showed that social support, especially from work sources, reduced the level of work interference with family, one direction of work-family conflict. In addition, all nonfamily sources of social support related positively to work enhancement of family, and all sources of social support, except that received from a supervisor positively correlated with family enhancement of work. The strengths, limitations, and implications of the study are discussed, and areas for future research are recommended.