Study Wong (1985a): study US 1984
- Public:
- Working parents with children <16, USA, 1984
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 651
- Non Response:
- 59-79%
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
Questionnaire returned by intra office mail in a sealed envelope
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Support from Supervisor
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Think back to your experiences as a working parent over the last two months.How have your supervisor helped you to manage? How often in the past two months did your supervisor do each of the following?:
Verbal support:
a. Shared ideas or advice.
b.Helped me to figure out how to solve a problem
c Listened to my problems.
d. Was understanding or sympathetic. Instrumental support:
a. Juggled tasks or duties to accomodate my family responsibilities
b. Switched schedule (hours, overtime, vacation) to accomodate my family responsibilities.
Rated: 1= Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Very often, 8 = not applicable
Observed Relation with Happiness
- age
- education
- income
- organization (place of employment)
- stress
- support from spouse
- support from friends/neighbors/relatives
- support from co-workers
- resentment of spouse,
- resentment of friends/neighbors/relatives
- resentment of co-workers and supervisor