Family-friendly work practices in family firms: A study investigating job satisfaction

Esra Memili, Pankaj C. Patel, Daniel T. Holt, R. Gabrielle Swab

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Abstract

We explore the accessibility of family-friendly work practices within the context of family firms versus non-family firms. Using social exchange as a theoretical framework, we explore the channel of the association between family-friendly work practices and job satisfaction through accessibility of family-friendly work practices (moderated by employee participation) and from accessibility of family-friendly work practices influencing job stress (moderated by trust in management). We also argue that in family firms, the moderated-mediation effects of the accessibility of family-friendly work practices on job satisfaction through influencing job stress can be greater in family firms than for non-family firms despite lower trust in management. We test and find support for our hypotheses using a dyadic, stacked model of 180 non-family firms representing 180 work practices related managers, and 888 employee respondents; and 265 family firms with 265 work practices related managers, and 1,144 employee respondents.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114023
JournalJournal of Business Research
Volume164
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2023

Keywords

  • Accessibility of family-friendly work practices
  • Family firms
  • Family-friendly work practices
  • Job satisfaction
  • Social exchanges

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