TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of work–family and family–work conflicts on flexible work arrangements demand
T2 - a gender role perspective
AU - Kim, Hyondong
AU - Gong, Yaping
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/11/13
Y1 - 2017/11/13
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - family-supportive supervision
KW - Flexible work arrangements (FWAs)
KW - gender difference
KW - work–family conflicts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963838187&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2016.1164217
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2016.1164217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963838187
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 28
SP - 2936
EP - 2956
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 20
ER -