TY - JOUR
T1 - Coworker informal work accommodations to family
T2 - Scale development and validation
AU - Mesmer-Magnus, Jessica
AU - Murase, Toshio
AU - DeChurch, Leslie A.
AU - Jiménez, Miliani
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Drawing on research regarding the utility of coworker support in mitigating work/ family conflict, the authors developed a scale to measure Coworker-enacted Informal Work Accommodations to Family (C-IWAF). C-IWAF differs from coworker support in that it describes actual behaviors coworkers engage in to help one another deal with incompatible work and family demands. Results based on a sample of 390 working caregivers provide support for the independence of C-IWAF from other forms of coworker support. Analyses of the factor structure obtained for this instrument indicate that C-IWAF is composed of six unique factors: child care assistance, facilitating telework, continuing work modification, short-term work modification, helping behavior, and deviating behavior. Implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.
AB - Drawing on research regarding the utility of coworker support in mitigating work/ family conflict, the authors developed a scale to measure Coworker-enacted Informal Work Accommodations to Family (C-IWAF). C-IWAF differs from coworker support in that it describes actual behaviors coworkers engage in to help one another deal with incompatible work and family demands. Results based on a sample of 390 working caregivers provide support for the independence of C-IWAF from other forms of coworker support. Analyses of the factor structure obtained for this instrument indicate that C-IWAF is composed of six unique factors: child care assistance, facilitating telework, continuing work modification, short-term work modification, helping behavior, and deviating behavior. Implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.
KW - Coworker backup
KW - Coworker support
KW - Organizational citizenship
KW - Work/family conflict
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U2 - 10.1177/0013164409355687
DO - 10.1177/0013164409355687
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953966780
VL - 70
SP - 511
EP - 531
JO - Educational and Psychological Measurement
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
SN - 0013-1644
IS - 3
ER -