Influences on employee perceptions of organizational work–life support: Signals and resources

A study of the determinants of work-to-family conflict among hospital nurses in Belgium

“…More specifically, it can enable employers to signal to potential employees that the organisation cares about reducing work‐to‐family conflict (Budd & Mumford , Valcour et al . ). To external stakeholders, the prevalence of work–family policies is more visible than organisational support and job dimensions.…”

“…, Valcour et al . ) and work–family balance in general (Thompson & Prottas , Mesmer‐Magnus & Viswesvaran ). The accessibility or availability of policies (i.e.…”

“…Some examples are managers' and supervisors' support for work-family policies (Bardoel 2003, Maxwell 2005 . Along the same lines, studies on co-worker support examine support for work-family policy use (Allard et al 2011, Valcour et al 2011) and workfamily balance in general (Thompson & Prottas 2005, Mesmer-Magnus & Viswesvaran 2006. The accessibility or availability of policies (i.e.…”

The Relationship between Work-life Balance Programs and Employee Satisfaction: Gender Differences in the Moderating Effect of Annual Income

“…Concretely, we believe that if employees perceive WLB program comprehensiveness, they will be more satisfied with not only their WLB but also with their employer, because the comprehensiveness of a WLB program creates the perception of organizational support; such perceptions have been found to positively affect employee satisfaction as a result of social exchange (Lambert, 2000;Muse, Harris, Giles, & Feild, 2008). Valcour, Ollier-Malaterre, Matz-Costa, Pitt-Catsouphes, and Brown (2011) found that employee perceptions of organizational work-life support were influenced by two mechanisms: signaling that the organization cares about their WLB and helping them develop the resources they need to integrate work and life roles. The former is considered to especially influence satisfaction with the employer, while the latter is more related to job satisfaction.…”

Work-Family Conflict: A Review Of Antecedents And Outcomes

“…The support of the supervisor is negatively associated with work-family interference (Blanch & Aluja, 2012b) and is related to perceptions of greater organizational work-life support (Valcour et al, 2011). According to Michel et al (2011), social support within work domain is negatively related to work-family conflict.…”