Open AccessThe relationship between supervisor support and work-family conflict and the mediating role of work overload perception on this relationship
Author(s) -
Muhammed Sabri Şirin,
İlhami Yücel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ekonomski vjesnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1847-2206
pISSN - 0353-359X
DOI - 10.51680/ev.34.1.11
Subject(s) - supervisor , perception , mediation , psychology , work–family conflict , social psychology , work (physics) , test (biology) , information overload , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , neuroscience , law , biology
Purpose: This study aims to investigate themediating effect of work overload perception on the relationship betweensupervisor support and work-family conflict experienced by employees. Methodology: The created models andhypotheses were tested on a sample comprising 401 research assistants workingat a public university. The data obtained were analyzed using statisticalprograms. Results: According to the results of the analyses,it was concluded that supervisor support had negative correlation with work-familyconflict and work overload perception. In addition, a positive relationshipbetween work overload perception and work-family conflict was observed. Conclusion: Based on the mediationmodel that was used to test the main hypothesis, it was concluded that workoverload perception has a partially mediating effect on the relationship betweensupervisor support and work-family conflict.