Work-Family Organizational Support (WFOS)
Sample items
- “Higher management in this organization encourages supervisors to be sensitive to employees’ family and personal concerns.”
Reliability & validity
Reliability & validity evidence is syncing from Principia.
Sources
- Thompson et al.
Deploy it
The full item bank and survey deployment live in the People Analytics Toolbox (the enterprise survey-item library), with the min-N privacy gate.
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Ensuring that employees’ dependents are well taken care of not only enhances employee productivity but also affects the health and wellness of the entire family system. At the same time, support for dependent care improves employee financial security and stimulates the creative…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 53%
“Companies Want to Retain WomenMany companies are becoming more sensitive to the proportion of women they recruit and retain, especially now that women graduates represent more than half of all professional programs (e.g., accounting, law, MBAs, etc.). Often work-life issues are…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 50%
“What Work/Life Effectiveness IsWork/life effectiveness refers to the intersection of self (the worker), career (work), family, and community (Figure 41.1 ). [image "Images" file=Image00116.jpg] Figure 41.1 Work/life effectiveness model. Workplace is seldom as static as the word…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 50%
Resources: The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.) · Worldatwork Handbook Compensation