Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa
Employees discretion over the scheduling of their work hours, often referred to as schedule flexibility, has been repeatedly linked to increases in both job satisfaction and family satisfaction. Despite the international research, evidence on these relationships has not been empirically tested in th...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Organisational Psychology
2016
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613199066464256 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Giuricich, Daniela Adriana |
| author2 | Bagraim, Jeffrey |
| author_browse | Bagraim, Jeffrey Giuricich, Daniela Adriana |
| author_facet | Bagraim, Jeffrey Giuricich, Daniela Adriana |
| author_sort | Giuricich, Daniela Adriana |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Employees discretion over the scheduling of their work hours, often referred to as schedule flexibility, has been repeatedly linked to increases in both job satisfaction and family satisfaction. Despite the international research, evidence on these relationships has not been empirically tested in the South African context. There is also a gap in understanding the role of perceived work-to-family enrichment on the relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction. To address these gaps in our knowledge, this study investigated the relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction amongst South African employees, and assessed the role of work-to-family enrichment as a mediator of this relationship. Work-to-family enrichment occurs when a resource gain in the work domain promotes gains in the family domain. The propositions were tested among working parents that used schedule flexibility (N= 121) across multiple organisations in South Africa. Working parents responded to a self-report online survey. The questionnaire contained, inter alia, measures of schedule flexibility use, schedule flexibility availability, work-to-family enrichment, job satisfaction, family satisfaction and personal demographics. Correlation and regression analysis were used to test the propositions. Preacher and Hayes' (2004) PROCESS script was used to test mediation effects. The results of the analyses indicated that there is a significant positive and proportional relationship between the use of schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction. The use of schedule flexibility was more strongly correlated to job satisfaction than employee knowledge regarding the availability of schedule flexibility in the organisation. Further analysis showed that work-to-family enrichment mediated the relationship between schedule flexibility use and domain-specific satisfaction. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/20648 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:32:20.328Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publishDateRange | 2016 |
| publishDateSort | 2016 |
| publisher | Organisational Psychology |
| publisherStr | Organisational Psychology |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/20648 The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa Giuricich, Daniela Adriana Bagraim, Jeffrey Jaga, Ameeta Organisational Psychology Employees discretion over the scheduling of their work hours, often referred to as schedule flexibility, has been repeatedly linked to increases in both job satisfaction and family satisfaction. Despite the international research, evidence on these relationships has not been empirically tested in the South African context. There is also a gap in understanding the role of perceived work-to-family enrichment on the relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction. To address these gaps in our knowledge, this study investigated the relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction amongst South African employees, and assessed the role of work-to-family enrichment as a mediator of this relationship. Work-to-family enrichment occurs when a resource gain in the work domain promotes gains in the family domain. The propositions were tested among working parents that used schedule flexibility (N= 121) across multiple organisations in South Africa. Working parents responded to a self-report online survey. The questionnaire contained, inter alia, measures of schedule flexibility use, schedule flexibility availability, work-to-family enrichment, job satisfaction, family satisfaction and personal demographics. Correlation and regression analysis were used to test the propositions. Preacher and Hayes' (2004) PROCESS script was used to test mediation effects. The results of the analyses indicated that there is a significant positive and proportional relationship between the use of schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction. The use of schedule flexibility was more strongly correlated to job satisfaction than employee knowledge regarding the availability of schedule flexibility in the organisation. Further analysis showed that work-to-family enrichment mediated the relationship between schedule flexibility use and domain-specific satisfaction. 2016-07-25T07:12:05Z 2016-07-25T07:12:05Z 2016 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20648 eng application/pdf Organisational Psychology Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Organisational Psychology Giuricich, Daniela Adriana The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| title_full | The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| title_short | The relationship between schedule flexibility and domain-specific satisfaction via work-to-family enrichment for working parents in South Africa |
| title_sort | relationship between schedule flexibility and domain specific satisfaction via work to family enrichment for working parents in south africa |
| topic | Organisational Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20648 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT giuricichdanielaadriana therelationshipbetweenscheduleflexibilityanddomainspecificsatisfactionviaworktofamilyenrichmentforworkingparentsinsouthafrica AT giuricichdanielaadriana relationshipbetweenscheduleflexibilityanddomainspecificsatisfactionviaworktofamilyenrichmentforworkingparentsinsouthafrica |