Research article
Motivating Employees to Walk in the Same Direction―A Study of the Influence Mechanism on Family-friendly Practices Improving Employees’ Subjective Well-being
Menghua Liu; Kaiyi Huang
2024 • DOI
Abstract
How does an organization motivate employees to walk in the same direction? The data from 179 employees was examined by using moderated multiple regression analysis based on SPSS. The family-friendly practices were taken as an independent variable and the employees’ subjective well-being as a dependent variable to explore their influence effect and mechanism. The conclusion of this article is as follows: (1) Family-friendly practices correlate significantly with the employees’ subjective well-being; (2) Employee cognitive factors, such as the norm of reciprocity and perceived organizational support, play a partial intermediary role in the impact of family-friendly practices on employees’ subjective well-being; (3) Employee emotional factors, such as emotional balance, also play a partial intermediary role in the impact of family-friendly practices on employees subjective well-being.
Keywords
SPSS · family-friendly practices · employees’ well-being · employee cognitive factors · employee emotion factor
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Models (1)
Family-friendly Practices Influence Mechanism
evidence: MediumWellbeing • Wellbeing/Burnout
Primary factors
Family-friendly PracticesSubjective Well-beingNorm of ReciprocityPerceived Organizational SupportEmotional BalanceField domains
Organizational BehaviorHuman Resource Management
Instruments (5)
Family-friendly Program Survey
developer: Min Mina
Constructs
Family-friendly Practicesreliability: alpha = 0.89
Overall Subjective Well-being Scale
developer: Ed Diener
Constructs
Subjective Well-beingreliability: alpha = 0.72
Extensive Reciprocity Scale
developer: Wu et al.
Constructs
Norm of Reciprocityreliability: alpha = 0.71
POS Scale
developer: Eisenberger
Constructs
Perceived Organizational Supportreliability: alpha = 0.86
Emotional Balance Scale
developer: Bradburn
Constructs
Emotional Balancereliability: alpha = 0.71
Constructs (5)
Family-friendly Practices
HR_001Management measures which could help employees better perform their family responsibilities.
Domains
HR SystemsWellbeing & StressModerates the relationship of work demand and work-family conflict.
Subjective Well-being
WELL_001A measure of overall well-being as perceived by the individual.
Domains
Wellbeing & StressDependent variable in the study.
Norm of Reciprocity
NET_001Criteria that all parties recognize during the exchange process.
Domains
Networks & RelationshipsPlays a partial intermediary role in the impact of family-friendly practices on subjective well-being.
Perceived Organizational Support
HR_002An overall perception and belief of employees about how organizations see their contributions and care about their interests.
Domains
HR SystemsNetworks & RelationshipsPlays a partial intermediary role in the impact of family-friendly practices on subjective well-being.
Emotional Balance
WELL_002A relatively pleasant experience compared with an unpleasant one.
Domains
Wellbeing & StressPlays a partial intermediary role in the impact of family-friendly practices on subjective well-being.
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