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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Casper, Wendy J.
• Buffardi, Louis C.

Titel

Work-life benefits and job pursuit intentions: The role of anticipated organizational support

Ist Teil von

• Journal of vocational behavior, 2004-12, Vol.65 (3), p.391-410

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The current study examined the impact of two work-life benefits, work schedule flexibility, and dependent care assistance, on applicants' intentions to pursue jobs with potential employers. The study also explored whether anticipated organizational support would mediate the relationships between these two work-life benefits and job pursuit intentions. Results indicated that although work schedule flexibility, dependent care assistance, and salary were all related to job pursuit intentions, only schedule flexibility, and dependent care were related to anticipated organizational support. Findings also indicated that anticipated organizational support fully mediated the effects of work schedule flexibility and dependent care assistance on job pursuit intentions. Findings are discussed in terms of the importance of organizational support as a mediating mechanism through which work-life benefits influence more distal outcomes, and in terms of implications for organizational recruiting strategies.