This study is aimed to investigate the effects of family-friendly policies on the career commitment and turnover intention of female workers, and also to examine the moderating effect of social support (supervisor, co-worker, and family support) on th...
This study is aimed to investigate the effects of family-friendly policies on the career commitment and turnover intention of female workers, and also to examine the moderating effect of social support (supervisor, co-worker, and family support) on the relationships between those variables. The data for the empirical analysis were collected from 276 female workers in Busan City. The results indicate that there are significant differences in career commitment and turnover intention between firms that offer family-friendly benefits and those that do not, Five out of 10 policies have significant impacts on career commitment, and 9 policies on turnover intention, Second, the total number of family-friendly benefits provided are positively related to the career commitment and negatively related to turnover intention, Third, supervisor and family support do not have a moderating effect but a main effect on the career commitment. Fourth, co-worker support has a moderating effect on the relationship between the family-friendly benefits and turnover intention. To be specific, the family-friendly benefits have a strong negative impact on turnover intention for the female worker with higher co-worker support, but not a significant impact for those with lower co-worker support. The implications of these findings were then discussed.