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Dimensions of Support Among Abused Women in the Workplace
Author(s) -
Yragui Nanette L.,
Mankowski Eric S.,
Perrin Nancy A.,
Glass Nancy E.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-011-9433-2
Subject(s) - supervisor , social support , psychology , health psychology , psychological intervention , multilevel model , social psychology , job satisfaction , domestic violence , applied psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , nursing , public health , medicine , psychiatry , political science , environmental health , computer science , law , machine learning
The authors draw on social support theory to examine supervisor support match (support wanted and received), support mismatch (support not wanted and received) and work outcomes for abused low‐wage working women, and to determine if supervisor support match and mismatch are more strongly associated with work outcomes than global supervisor support Face‐to‐face interviews were conducted with a community sample of abused, employed women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year ( N = 163). Using hierarchical regression, we found, after accounting for global supervisor support; a higher level of supervisor support match was associated with greater job satisfaction, fewer job reprimands and less job termination. Findings from the study inform theories of social support and have practical implications for workplace interventions for IPV.