A RESEARCH ON DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANIZATIONAL FAMILY SUPPORT, WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND WORK ENGAGEMENT
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: Gözde Gülen Aydın, Nazlı Ayşe AYYILDIZ ÜNNÜ
Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, International Refereed University Journal, International, EBSCO, 2020, pp 9-53
Summary
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">This study aims to investigate the effect of organizational family support on work engagement and analyze the role of work</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">-</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">family conflict on this proposed effect. In the light of literature review, it is seen that the organizational family support is defined and dimensionalized as formal family friendly programs and informal work</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">-</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">family culture. However, there are limited number of studies that examine organizational family support and its relationship with work engagement in both national and international literature. In this context, a questionnaire was applied to 217 white collar, married and/or dependent care employees working in companies with family friendly policies and both the findings and suggestions are presented. As a result of the research, it is found that family friendly policies and work</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">-</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">family culture have positive effect on work engagement and work</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">-</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">family conflict plays a mediator role in this effect. It is aimed to draw attention to the current status and importance of family friendly policies as well, while measuring the perceptions of</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: PalatinoLinotype;">the employees towards these policies and family friendly organizational culture.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>