Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict

The present study investigates the effect of supervisor support and co-worker support on employees' organizational commitment by incorporating the role of work-family conflict as a mediator. Primary data were collected from 353 employees working in the service sector of India. Partial least squ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ms. Himani Sharma, Ms. Varsha Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India 2021-11-01
Series:Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research
Subjects:
Online Access:https://rijbr.in/1/article/view/277/219
_version_ 1827779627059249152
author Ms. Himani Sharma
Ms. Varsha Yadav
author_facet Ms. Himani Sharma
Ms. Varsha Yadav
author_sort Ms. Himani Sharma
collection DOAJ
description The present study investigates the effect of supervisor support and co-worker support on employees' organizational commitment by incorporating the role of work-family conflict as a mediator. Primary data were collected from 353 employees working in the service sector of India. Partial least square structural equational modelling in Smart PLS software was used for analysis. Results confirm that supervisor support significantly influence the organizational commitment of the employees. Work-family conflict act as a mediator between the relationship of supervisor support and organizational commitment. There is no significant effect of co-worker support on organizational commitment. Work-family conflict does not mediate between the relationship of co-worker support and organizational commitment. This study explains the importance of supportiveness from the supervisor in an industrializing country like India. It also provides an insight to the management in realizing the need to provide sensitivity training to the supervisors and the fact that special attention should be given while hiring the supervisors. This research will be useful to the management, researchers, policymakers, and society at large.
first_indexed 2024-03-11T14:52:02Z
format Article
id doaj.art-96720ffe99c44a17a77e4b0f7f4ba658
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2455-5959
2583-0171
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-11T14:52:02Z
publishDate 2021-11-01
publisher Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
record_format Article
series Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research
spelling doaj.art-96720ffe99c44a17a77e4b0f7f4ba6582023-10-30T08:59:17ZengRamanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaRamanujan International Journal of Business and Research2455-59592583-01712021-11-01614961https://doi.org/10.51245/rijbr.v6i1.2021.277Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family ConflictMs. Himani Sharma0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-5929Ms. Varsha Yadav1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-3825Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana)Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana)The present study investigates the effect of supervisor support and co-worker support on employees' organizational commitment by incorporating the role of work-family conflict as a mediator. Primary data were collected from 353 employees working in the service sector of India. Partial least square structural equational modelling in Smart PLS software was used for analysis. Results confirm that supervisor support significantly influence the organizational commitment of the employees. Work-family conflict act as a mediator between the relationship of supervisor support and organizational commitment. There is no significant effect of co-worker support on organizational commitment. Work-family conflict does not mediate between the relationship of co-worker support and organizational commitment. This study explains the importance of supportiveness from the supervisor in an industrializing country like India. It also provides an insight to the management in realizing the need to provide sensitivity training to the supervisors and the fact that special attention should be given while hiring the supervisors. This research will be useful to the management, researchers, policymakers, and society at large.https://rijbr.in/1/article/view/277/219supervisor supportorganizational commitmentwork-family conflictco-worker support
spellingShingle Ms. Himani Sharma
Ms. Varsha Yadav
Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research
supervisor support
organizational commitment
work-family conflict
co-worker support
title Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
title_full Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
title_fullStr Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
title_full_unstemmed Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
title_short Linking Supervisor and Co-workers Support to Organizational Commitment: Mediating Effect of Work-Family Conflict
title_sort linking supervisor and co workers support to organizational commitment mediating effect of work family conflict
topic supervisor support
organizational commitment
work-family conflict
co-worker support
url https://rijbr.in/1/article/view/277/219
work_keys_str_mv AT mshimanisharma linkingsupervisorandcoworkerssupporttoorganizationalcommitmentmediatingeffectofworkfamilyconflict
AT msvarshayadav linkingsupervisorandcoworkerssupporttoorganizationalcommitmentmediatingeffectofworkfamilyconflict