Effects of work–family and family–work conflicts on flexible work arrangements demand: a gender role perspective

Hyondong Kim, Yaping Gong

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Abstract

In recent years, a growing number of firms have adopted flexible work arrangements (FWAs) to help managers balance their work–family demands. Based on a sample of 1336 married managers in Korea, we found that work–family conflict increased the FWAs demand more for female managers than for male managers. When facing work–family conflict, the absence of family-supportive supervision increased the demand for FWAs, particularly among female managers. No such effect was found for family–work conflict. In addition, having a female supervisor led to an increased demand for FWAs from company managers. These results suggest that firms should pay close attention to gender difference and supervisory roles in predicting the demand for FWAs to alleviate work–family conflicts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2936-2956
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume28
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • family-supportive supervision
  • Flexible work arrangements (FWAs)
  • gender difference
  • work–family conflicts

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