%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of the Perception of Work-life Balance on Acceptance of Work Arrangement Requests
%A Yutaka Ueda
%J International Business Research
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/ibr.v5n8p24
%X Although social support provided by supervisors has been recognized as one of the key factors that help employees utilize work-life balance (WLB) programs in their organization and maintain balance between their work and life, the factors that influence supervisors¡¯ willingness to support their subordinates have not yet been sufficiently examined. This article investigated whether supervisors¡¯ positive or negative perceptions of WLB policy and their subordinate¡¯s past performance influenced supervisors¡¯ willingness to accept their subordinates¡¯ work arrangement requests, using data collected from 2,230 Japanese workers. The results showed that when supervisors had a positive perception of WLB policy, it positively influenced their acceptance of their subordinates¡¯ requests, while negative perceptions had a negative impact on acceptance. Further, regardless of what was requested, high performance subordinates received more favorable treatment from their supervisors than low performance counterparts did.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/18464