The “dark side” of organisational career growth

Paola Spagnoli, Alessandro Lo Presti and Carmela Buono

International Journal of Manpower, 2019, vol. 41, issue 2, 152-167

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of organisational career growth (OCG) in the process linking organisational work–family support and work–family conflict. Design/methodology/approach - Since previous contributions reported theoretical and empirical evidence of possible gender differences in this process, a moderated mediation model was examined including gender as moderating variable of both direct and indirect effects. Conditional process analysis was used to test the hypotheses on a sample of 507 Italian employees who were also parents. Findings - Results showed a significant mediation effect of OCG in the relationship between organisational work–family support and work–family conflict. Furthermore, evidence of a moderated effect of gender was found in the way that the negative direct effect of organisational work–family support on work–family conflict was stronger among women, whereas the direct effect of OCG on work–family conflict was significant only for men. Originality/value - This is the first study addressing the possible negative effect of OCG on a specific target of employees.

Keywords: Work–family conflict; Gender differences; Organizational career growth; Organizational work–family support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-05-2018-0145

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