Work-life balance and corporate social responsibility: The evaluation of gender differences on the relationship between family-friendly psychological climate and altruistic behaviors at work
María Dolores Álvarez-Pérez
Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Adolfo Carballo-Penela
Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Adolfo Carballo-Penela, Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Nacións S/N, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Email: adolfo.carballo@usc.es
Search for more papers by this authorPilar Rivera-Torres
Research group CREVALOR, Department of Marketing Management and Market Research, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaría Dolores Álvarez-Pérez
Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Adolfo Carballo-Penela
Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Adolfo Carballo-Penela, Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Nacións S/N, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Email: adolfo.carballo@usc.es
Search for more papers by this authorPilar Rivera-Torres
Research group CREVALOR, Department of Marketing Management and Market Research, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Work-life balance issues are very important for those companies interested in Corporate Social Responsibility. Using a sample of 511 Spanish employees, this work examines the effect of family-friendly psychological climate (FFPC) on altruism through job satisfaction. It also considers the moderating effect of gender on the studied relationships. The results obtained through structural equation analysis show (1) a positive association between FFPC and altruistic behaviors of employees; (2) that job satisfaction mediates the relationship between the perceptions of managerial support and altruism and (3) that the perception of managerial support directly leads to the development of altruistic behaviors in the case of women and, in the case of men, only when this support affects satisfaction. These findings have some managerial implications. For instance, firms interested in promoting altruistic behaviors among their employees could incorporate into the performance appraisal system the assessment of managers' assistance to employees.
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