Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment

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dc.contributor.advisorBagraim, Jeffreyen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorJaga, Ameetaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Albertus Abrahamen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-01T14:18:09Z
dc.date.available2017-09-01T14:18:09Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOrganisations are increasingly introducing flexible workplace practices and policies such as flextime and flexplace to increase the commitment of their employees and assist them to balance the competing work-life demands. At first, they were designed to create a family-friendly workplace for working mothers and, later, also for working fathers. Childfree employees (i.e., those with no children) were not included. There is little research on the impact of these work arrangements on the organisational commitment of these childfree employees. This dissertation tries to close that gap. Childfree employees (N = 134) working in over a dozen South African organisations participated in a self-report quantitative survey. It seems that the availability and use of flexible work arrangements did not significantly predict their organisational commitment. Organisational commitment related to only one dimension of the childfree-friendly culture scale, equal work expectations. Perceived organisational support (POS) mediated the relationship between organisational commitment and equal work expectations.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJacobs, A. A. (2017). <i>Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25015en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJacobs, Albertus Abraham. <i>"Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25015en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJacobs, A. 2017. Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jacobs, Albertus Abraham AB - Organisations are increasingly introducing flexible workplace practices and policies such as flextime and flexplace to increase the commitment of their employees and assist them to balance the competing work-life demands. At first, they were designed to create a family-friendly workplace for working mothers and, later, also for working fathers. Childfree employees (i.e., those with no children) were not included. There is little research on the impact of these work arrangements on the organisational commitment of these childfree employees. This dissertation tries to close that gap. Childfree employees (N = 134) working in over a dozen South African organisations participated in a self-report quantitative survey. It seems that the availability and use of flexible work arrangements did not significantly predict their organisational commitment. Organisational commitment related to only one dimension of the childfree-friendly culture scale, equal work expectations. Perceived organisational support (POS) mediated the relationship between organisational commitment and equal work expectations. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment TI - Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25015 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25015
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJacobs AA. Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25015en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOrganisational Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleChildfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitmenten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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