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

Abstract

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 zaoverload, 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.

Keywords

• Work Overlead
• Work-Family Conflict
• Supervisory Support

Ağır iş yükü, iş-aile çatışması ve yönetici desteği arasındaki ilişkiler: Otomotiv sektörü üzerine bir araştırma

Öz

Bu araştırma ile 137 otomotiv sektörü çalışanı için ağır iş yükü, iş-aile çatışması ve yönetici desteği ilişkileri araştırılmaktadır. Kocaeli ilinde faaliyet gösteren bir otomotiv fabrikasının137 çalışanından elde edilen veriler kullanılarak değişkenler arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Veriler doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, korelasyon analizi ve regresyon modelleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan korelasyon analizi ile ağır-iş yükü, iş-aile çatışması ve yönetici desteği değişkenleri arasında anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Regresyon analizi ile ağır iş yükünün yönetici desteğini istatistiksel olarak negatif etkilediği bulgulanmıştır. Ağır iş yükünün, iş-aile çatışmasını istatistiksel olarak pozitif etkilediği bulgulanmıştır. Yönetici desteği, iş-aile çatışması değişkenini istatistiksel olarak negatif etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışma otomotiv sektörü çalışanlarının duygu durumlarına önem verilerek çalışan memnuniyetini arttırmayı amaçlayan örgüt yöneticileri için önemli bulgular sağlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ağırİş Yükü
• İş-Aile Çatışması
• Yönetici Desteği

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