Handbook of Management Scales/Creative work-family management

Description
Drawing on social support theory and using data from two samples of lower wage workers, the authors develop and validate a measure of family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB). FSSB is conceptualized as a multidimensional superordinate construct with four subordinate dimensions: emotional support, instrumental support, role modeling behaviors, and creative work-family management. Results from multilevel confirmatory factor analyses and multilevel regression analyses provide evidence of construct, criterion-related, and incremental validity.

Definition
Family supportive supervisor behaviors are defined as behaviors exhibited by supervisors that are supportive of families.

Creative work-family management is proactive and is defined as managerial-initiated actions to restructure work to facilitate employee effectiveness on and off the job.

Items

 * My supervisor thinks about how the work in my department can be organized to jointly benefit employees and the company.
 * My supervisor asks for suggestions to make it easier for employees to balance work and nonwork demands.
 * My supervisor is creative in reallocating job duties to help my department work better as a team.
 * My supervisor is able to manage the department as a whole team to enable everyone’s needs to be met.

Source

 * Hammer et al. (2009): Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB). Journal of Management, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 837-856.