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Pathways from workplace flexibility to turnover intention: Role of work–family conflict, family–work conflict, and job satisfaction
Author(s) -
Rhee MinKyoung,
Park Soo Kyung,
Lee ChungKwon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/ijsw.12382
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , salary , job satisfaction , work–family conflict , wage , work (physics) , family conflict , psychology , turnover , job attitude , demographic economics , labour economics , social psychology , turnover intention , business , political science , economics , job performance , management , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
This study examined the prevalence of workplace flexibility and the mechanisms that allow workplace flexibility to influence turnover intentions through work–family and family–work conflicts and job satisfaction among low‐wage workers in South Korea. Participants included 250 low‐wage workers whose monthly salary was less than 2 million Korean won (approx. $1,900). The study results indicate that low‐wage workers have limited access to workplace flexibility and that workplace flexibility plays a significant protective role in reducing their turnover intention, indirectly by decreasing work–family conflicts and enhancing job satisfaction. This article also discusses the implications of these findings for labor policy and social work practice.