How Does Supervisory Family Support Influence Employees' Attitudes and Behaviors? A Social Exchange Perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1123-1150

  Bagger, Jessica ^a   Li, Andrew ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family friendly benefits; leader member exchange (LMX); social exchange theory; supervisory family support; work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898838195     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311413922     Document Type: Article

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