Setiono, A. (2024) Exploring Supervisors' Age, Work Resources, and Shared Parenthood in Promoting Family-Supportive Behaviors. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
Employees face significant pressure to balance their professional and personal lives in the current workplace. This, combined with an aging workforce, raises the question of whether older supervisors are more inclined to engage in family-supportive supervisory behavior (FSSB) than younger supervisors. Using conservation of resources and shared reality theories, we examined if age-related differences in age-related differences in decision authority and schedule control as two work resources predict more FSSB enactment in older supervisors, and if shared parenthood between supervisors and employees moderates this effect. Baseline and six-month follow-up data from 155 supervisors and 1,040 employees across two U.S. companies were collected by the Work, Family, and Health Network and analyzed. Multilevel path analysis revealed that supervisor age did not predict higher FSSB levels; instead, supervisor tenure was a more consistent predictor. Supervisor decision authority and schedule control did not mediate the relationship between supervisor age and FSSB levels. Shared parenthood did not moderate the relationship between work resources and FSSB. These findings enhance our understanding of FSSB and the factors influencing supervisors' supportive behaviors.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Scheibe, S. and Fousiani, K. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Social and Organizational Psychology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2024 06:22 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2024 06:22 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4210 |
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