| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among supervisor family support, work-family conflict, work engagement, and innovative behavior of employees. Following the study by Hammer, Kossek, Yragui, Bodner, and Hanson (2009), supervisor family support behavior is divided into four dimensions: emotional support, instrumental support, role modeling behavior, and creative work-family balance management. The study examines the direct impact of the four dimensions of supervisor family support behavior on innovative behavior of employees and investigates the mediating roles of work engagement and work-family conflict in this relationship.
This study collected 203 valid samples from engineers in a technology company as the research subjects. The results show that: (1) the four dimensions of supervisor family support behavior have a direct and significant positive impact on employees′ innovative behavior; (2) the four dimensions of supervisor family support behavior have a direct and significant positive impact on employees′ innovative behavior through work engagement, and the mediating effect of work engagement is significant; (3) among the four dimensions of supervisor family support behavior, only emotional support, instrumental support, and role modeling behavior have a direct and significant negative impact on employees′ innovative behavior through work-family conflict, and the mediating effect of work-family conflict is significant. | en_US |