Subordinate perceptions of family‐supportive supervision: the role of similar family‐related demographics and its effect on affective commitment |
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Authors: | Dynah A. Basuil Jennifer G. Manegold Wendy J. Casper |
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Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of ManagementUniversity of Auckland Business School;2. Management DepartmentFlorida Gulf Coast University;3. Department of Management, College of Business AdministrationUniversity of Texas at Arlington |
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Abstract: | Using survey data from 227 employees, we draw from shared reality theory to study subordinate perceptions of family‐supportive supervision, its antecedents and outcomes. We focus on similarity in salient subordinate and supervisor family‐related demographics as an antecedent to perceived family‐supportive supervision. As expected, female subordinates perceived more family‐supportive supervision from female supervisors than from male supervisors. Likewise, parent subordinates perceived parent supervisors, compared with nonparent supervisors, to be more family supportive. Subordinate perception of family‐supportive supervision also positively related to affective commitment – mediating the indirect positive relationship between similarity in family‐related demographics and affective commitment. |
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Keywords: | family‐supportive supervision affective commitment shared reality theory social identity theory |
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