Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?

In Western literature, work-family policy is seen as an important agenda to address work-family balance issues. However, there is a lack of evidence on the relationship between work-family policy and work-family balance in Eastern cultures. The aim of this study was to advance the understanding of w...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Zaiton, Dollard, Maureen F., Winefield, Anthony H.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2008
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description In Western literature, work-family policy is seen as an important agenda to address work-family balance issues. However, there is a lack of evidence on the relationship between work-family policy and work-family balance in Eastern cultures. The aim of this study was to advance the understanding of work-family policy and its relationship to work-family balance (i.e., conflict and enrichment) in Sarawak, East Malaysia. A sample of 506 employees from three public and three private sector organizations was surveyed twice in three months. By way of questionnaires, participants completed measures of work-family policy by Haar and Spell (2003), work-family conflict by Carlson et al., (2000) and work-family enrichment by Carlson et al., (2006).
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spelling unimas-38842020-08-12T02:44:21Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3884/ Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference? Hassan, Zaiton Dollard, Maureen F. Winefield, Anthony H. AC Collections. Series. Collected works HQ The family. Marriage. Woman In Western literature, work-family policy is seen as an important agenda to address work-family balance issues. However, there is a lack of evidence on the relationship between work-family policy and work-family balance in Eastern cultures. The aim of this study was to advance the understanding of work-family policy and its relationship to work-family balance (i.e., conflict and enrichment) in Sarawak, East Malaysia. A sample of 506 employees from three public and three private sector organizations was surveyed twice in three months. By way of questionnaires, participants completed measures of work-family policy by Haar and Spell (2003), work-family conflict by Carlson et al., (2000) and work-family enrichment by Carlson et al., (2006). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2008 Working Paper NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3884/1/Work-family%20balance%20in%20Malaysia%20Does%20work-family%20policy%20make%20a%20difference.pdf Hassan, Zaiton and Dollard, Maureen F. and Winefield, Anthony H. (2008) Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference? [Working Paper]
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Hassan, Zaiton
Dollard, Maureen F.
Winefield, Anthony H.
Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title_full Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title_fullStr Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title_full_unstemmed Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title_short Work-family balance in Malaysia: Does work-family policy make a difference?
title_sort work-family balance in malaysia: does work-family policy make a difference?
topic AC Collections. Series. Collected works
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3884/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3884/1/Work-family%20balance%20in%20Malaysia%20Does%20work-family%20policy%20make%20a%20difference.pdf