International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
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The impact of organizational work-family culture on the family supportive supervisor behavior

https://doi.org/10.22034/IJHCUM.2025.02.11
Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
Spring 2025
Pages 361-370
International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management

Document Type : CASE STUDY

Authors

I. Kavindi 1
S. Thewahettige 1
A. Dissanayake 2
R. Weerarathna 1
C. Kuruppu 1
N. Jayasuriya 1
K. Chandeepani 1
S. Liyanage 1

1 SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka

2 Marketing, Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department, University Canada West, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Supervisory activities and interactions with employees affect employee performance. Moreover, every organization tries to enhance the supervisor's supportive behavior in the work environment. Consequently, the main aim of this study is “to determine the impact of organizational work-family culture on the family-supportive supervisor behavior of employees in Sri Lanka's footwear industry”. Based on a thorough review of existing literature and industry challenges, the study identifies organizational work-family culture as the independent variable and family-supportive supervisory behavior as the dependent variable.
METHODS: The study sampled 377 employees from a population of 20,000 footwear workers in Sri Lanka. Adopting a positivist research philosophy, the study grounded in existing knowledge, is set to achieve its aims and framework. A quantitative research approach was employed for both data collection and analysis, utilizing deductive methods to systematically investigate the research objectives. A survey research study was conducted and the data were gathered from respondents within a defined cross-sectional period, ensuring a broad representation of the target population.
FINDINGS: The study found that the supportive supervisory behavior of employees in Sri Lanka's footwear sector was influenced by organizational family culture as 52% of the Organizational Work-Family Culture of employees working in the Sri Lankan footwear industry.
CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that if the organization has a better working environment, the supervisors in the working environment help their employees manage their family responsibilities over work responsibilities. Thus, companies should create an employee recognition program, accept, and use employee feedback, and be flexible to improve supervisors' family-supportive behavior.

Keywords

Family supportive supervisor behavior
Human resources
Managerial support
Organizational time demand
Organizational work-family culture
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  • Receive Date 21 June 2024
  • Revise Date 12 November 2024
  • Accept Date 31 December 2024

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