Abstract
Based on the theory of social exchange, this study attempts to probe the mechanism of the impact of the family supportive supervisor behavior on employee’s proactive behavior, especially to explore the mediating role of the affective commitment and the moderating role of the power distance in Chinese organizational context. After analyzing the samples collected from 305 employees, we found that: family supportive supervisor behavior has a significantly positive effect on employee’s proactive behavior; affective commitment plays a partial mediating role between family supportive supervisor behavior and employee’s proactive behavior; meanwhile, power distance moderates the relationship between family supported supervisory behavior and affective commitment, and further moderates the indirect relationship between family supported supervisory behavior and employee’s proactive behavior through affective commitment. That is, the lower the employees’ power distance is, the stronger the mediating effect of affective commitment becomes.
Highlights
As the nature of work is continuously evolving, so too are work and family lives becoming increasingly intertwined, creating strain for employees trying to function successfully in both domains
Based on the theory of social exchange, this study attempts to probe the mechanism of the impact of the family supportive supervisor behavior on employee’s proactive behavior, especially to explore the mediating role of the affective commitment and the moderating role of the power distance in Chinese organizational context
After analyzing the samples collected from 305 employees, we found that: family supportive supervisor behavior has a significantly positive effect on employee’s proactive behavior; affective commitment plays a partial mediating role between family supportive supervisor behavior and employee’s proactive behavior; power distance moderates the relationship between family supported supervisory behavior and affective commitment, and further moderates the indirect relationship between family supported supervisory behavior and employee’s proactive behavior through affective commitment
Summary
As the nature of work is continuously evolving, so too are work and family lives becoming increasingly intertwined, creating strain for employees trying to function successfully in both domains. Most employees struggle between work and family responsibilities, and the resulting great pressure has some negative effects. To solve this problem, organizations have gone to great lengths to assist employees in alleviating the distress caused by work-family conflict, such as providing family-friendly benefits [3]. The key role of supervisors in helping employees cope with work and family demands has attracted more and more attention from scholars [4]. Previous studies have shown that FSSB has a positive impact on employees’ work attitude and behavior, and some scholars call for strengthening the link between FSSB and work-related results in the future [7]
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