| dc.description.abstract | The present study examines how family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB), employee perceptions of the importance of work-life balance, and overtime hours affect employee productivity. According to Hammer, Kossek, Yragui, Bodner, & Hanson (2009), FSSB consists of the following four subordinate dimensions: emotional support, instrumental support, role modeling behaviors, and creative work-family management. First, we examine the direct effect of FSSB on employee productivity. Then we examine the mediating role of employee’s overtime hours between FSSB and employee productivity. Then we examine the interaction effect of FSSB and employee perceptions of the importance of work-life balance on employee’s overtime hours. Finally, we examine the moderated mediation effect of employee perceptions of the importance of work-life balance on the indirect effect of FSSB on employee productivity.
In the present study, employees in Taiwan were the main target of the survey, and a total of 297 valid questionnaires were collected through online questionnaire surveys. The result of our research indicated that (1) Among all subordinate dimensions of FSSB, emotional support is the only dimension that can positively affect employee productivity directly; (2) Employee’s overtime hours mediates the relationship between FSSB (all subordinate dimensions) and employee productivity; (3) Employee perceptions of the importance of work-life balance positively moderate effect on the relationship between three of FSSB’s subordinate dimensions (emotional support, role modeling behaviors, and creative work-family management) and employee’s overtime hours. (4) Employee perceptions of the importance of work-life balance positively moderates the indirect effect of three of FSSB’s subordinate dimensions (emotional support, role modeling behaviors, and creative work-family management) on employee productivity.
The present study also puts forward management practical suggestions based on the empirical research results, including that business supervisors should actively provide employees with required emotional support to reach the goal of directly affecting employee productivity. Also, companies should actively provide supervisors with FSSB-related training courses, which design can base on the four subordinate dimensions of FSSB (emotional support, instrumental support, role modeling behaviors, and creative work-family management), to reduce employees′ overtime hours and increase employee productivity by improving FSSB. In addition to the support of the supervisor, it is also very important for companies to create an efficient corporate culture, which employees do not work overtime, and values the work-life balance of its employees. | en_US |