The relationships between work overload, work-family conflict and supervisory support: A Research on automotıve ındustry


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https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.9.1.04

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Work overload, work-family conflict, supervisory support

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In this research, the relationships between work overload, work-family conflict and supervisory support on 137 automotive industry workers. Relations between parameters were analyzed usingthe data that obtained from 137 automotive industry workers in a factory operating in Kocaeli province. The data were analyzed by verificative factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression models. Significant relations between correlation analysis work overload, work-family conflict and supervisory support were discovered. Consequence of the regression analysis, it was found that work overload affect supervisory support statistically negative. It has been found that work overload has a statistically positive effect on work-family conflict. It was determined that supervisory support had a statistically negative effect on the work-family conflict variable. This research provides important findings for managers aiming to increase employee satisfaction by paying attention to automotive industry workers naturally felt emotions.

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Sabiha Sevinç Altaş, Sakarya University/TURKEY

Assist. Prof. Dr.

SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ/SAKARYA SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU/TIBBİ HİZMETLER VE TEKNİKLER BÖLÜMÜ/TIBBİ DOKÜMANTASYON VE SEKRETERLİK PR.

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2022-02-02

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Altaş, S. S. (2022). The relationships between work overload, work-family conflict and supervisory support: A Research on automotıve ındustry. JOURNAL OF LIFE ECONOMICS, 9(1), 41–51. https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.9.1.04

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