Coworker Informal Work Accommodations to Family: Scale Development and Validation

    Authors

    J. Mesmer-Magnus; T. Murase; L. A. DeChurch;M. Jimenez

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Educ. Psychol. Meas.

    Keywords

    work/family conflict; coworker support; organizational citizenship; coworker backup; SOCIAL SUPPORT; FIT INDEXES; ORGANIZATIONAL ATTACHMENT; METAANALYTIC; EXAMINATION; STRUCTURE COEFFICIENTS; SCORE RELIABILITY; CONFLICT; MODELS; STRAIN; ENVIRONMENTS; Psychology, Educational; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Psychology, Mathematical

    Abstract

    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.

    Journal Title

    Educational and Psychological Measurement

    Volume

    70

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2010

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    511

    Last Page

    531

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000277831000010

    ISSN

    0013-1644

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