Relationships of gender, family responsibility and flexible work hours to organizational commitment and job satisfaction
✍ Scribed by TERRI A. SCANDURA; MELENIE J. LANKAU
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-3796
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✦ Synopsis
Psychological contract theory (Rousseau, 1995) suggests that women and those with family responsibilities may negotiate new psychological contracts that include familyresponsive bene®ts such as ¯exible work hours. Relationships of gender, family responsibility, and ¯exible work hours to organizational commitment and job satisfaction were examined among 160 matched male and female managers in a crossorganizational study. Results revealed that women who perceived their organizations oered ¯exible work hours reported higher levels of organizational commitment and job satisfaction than women who did not. Also, ¯exible work hours were related to higher organizational commitment and job satisfaction for those having family responsibilities. Implications of these results for future research and organizational policy are discussed.