Family-supportive organization perceptions, multiple dimensions of work-family conflict and employee satisfaction

Using samples of managers drawn from five Western countries, we tested a theoretical model linking employees? perceptions of their work environment?s family-supportiveness to six different dimensions of work?family conflict (WFC), and to their job satisfaction, family satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Our results are consistent with a causal process whereby employees working in an environment viewed as more family-supportive experience lower levels of WFC. Reduced WFC then translates into greater job and family satisfaction, followed by greater overall life satisfaction. These findings were generalizable across the five samples.