Work-family climate, organizational commitment, and turnover: Multilevel contagion effects of leaders.
This paper presents empirical research analyzing the relationship between work-family climate (operationalized in terms of three work-family climate sub-scales), organizational leadership (i.e., senior manager) characteristics, organizational commitment and turnover intent among 526 employees from 37 different hotels across the US. Using multilevel modeling, we found significant associations between work-family climate, and both organizational commitment and turnover intent, both within and between hotels. Findings underscored the importance of managerial support for employee work-family balance, the relevance of senior managers' own work-family circumstances in relation to employees' work outcomes, and the existence of possible contagion effects of leaders in relation to work-family climate.
School of Hospitality Management, The Pennsylvania State University, 233 Mateer Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
John W
JW
O'Neill
Michelle M
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Harrison
Jeannette
J
Cleveland
David
D
Almeida
Robert
R
Stawski
Anne C
AC
Crouter