The Structural Relationship of Family-Friendly Policies,Work-Life Balance,and Employee’ Subjective Wellbeing: Focusing on the Categorization of Family-Friendly Policies Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model

Abstract

Although family-friendly policies (FFPs) accommodate the interests of both an organization and its employees, the extant literature has paid limited attention to how employee wellbeing can be a positive outcome of FFPs. Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and spillover theory, this study examines the relationship between FFPs and employees’ subjective wellbeing (SWB) through their sense of work-life balance (WLB) and organizational commitment. Using a survey of 946 South Korean public employees and partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM), this study finds that FFPs are positively and indirectly associated with SWB via its influence on WLB and organizational commitment. The findings imply that through positive spillover effects, FFPs as job resources can generate greater organizational outcomes and better employee wellbeing.

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family-friendly policies (FFPs)subjective wellbeing (SWB)work-life balance (WLB)job demands-resources (JD-R)spillover theory second-order formative construct

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