Title
Coworker Informal Work Accommodations To Family: Scale Development And Validation
Keywords
Coworker backup; Coworker support; Organizational citizenship; Work/family conflict
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. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Publication Title
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Volume
70
Issue
3
Number of Pages
511-531
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164409355687
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
77953966780 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77953966780
STARS Citation
Mesmer-Magnus, Jessica; Murase, Toshio; DeChurch, Leslie A.; and Jiménez, Miliani, "Coworker Informal Work Accommodations To Family: Scale Development And Validation" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 1526.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/1526