Work-based social support for the family, interdomain conflict, interdomain enhancement, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: A partially mediating model

This dissertation examines the relationships between (a) work-based social support for the family including family-friendly programs and policies, supervisor social support and coworker social support and (b) outcomes such as job satisfaction, life satisfaction and organizational commitment through the mediating variables of work interferes with family, family interferes with work and work enhances family. Additionally, it analyzes the moderating effects of gender and gender role ideology on work-family relationships. Regression analysis is used to examine questionnaire data from a cross-sectional matched sample (N = 57) of working adults and their supervisors.; Supervisor and coworker social support have negative effects on continuance commitment, but only coworker support has a positive effect on affective commitment. Work enhances family is positively related to job satisfaction, affective commitment and normative commitment. Gender role ideology is a significant predictor of work interferes with family and family interferes with work for women only. Work-family interference and enhancement do not mediate the relationship between work-based social support for the family and the satisfaction and commitment variables.