Supervisory support in Slovenian and Dutch organizations: a contextualizing approach

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of the measurements in Study I and II, Cronbach Alpha.

Scale	Study I	Study II
WFC	.87	n.a.
WFE	.94	n.a.
WFB	.91	.93
WF culture	.89	.76*
FSSB	.90	.85
GSS	.84	.90**
LMX	.92	n.a.
Autonomy	.79	.85
Work pressure	.71	.89

*Including three of the six items.

**Different items than in Study I.

Table 2. Descriptives.

	Study I				Study II
	Dutch university		Slovenian university		Slovenian hospital		Dutch consultancy firm
Variables	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.
WFC	1.99	.56	2.44	.62	2.38	.58	n.a.	n.a.
WFE	3.42	.81	3.33	.76	3.24	.81	n.a.	n.a.
WLB	3.43	.80	3.33	.91	3.33	.71	3.00	1.01
WL culture	3.43	.77	3.23	.89	2.78	.88	3.61	.76
FSSB	2.98	.79	2.89	.88	3.70	.82	3.05	.78
GSS	3.85	.90	3.54	.94	4.11	.74	3.50	.78
LMX	3.43	.71	3.27	.79	3.89	.63	n.a.	n.a.
Autonomy	2.97	.52	2.49	.61	1.98	.61	2.66	.62
Work pressure	2.59	.53	2.65	.51	2.84	.46	2.83	.64
Gender	.60	.49	.66	.47	.88	.32	.51	.50
Work hours	39.89	8.56	46.14	12.48	46.42	9.12	43.28	8.60
Child at home	.59	.49	.42	.50	.27	.44	.55	.50

Table 3. Regression Study I: Dutch university.

	WFC			WFE			WLB
	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX
Gender (Female = 1)	−.06	−.06	.05	.07	.03	.11	.03	.02	.03
Work hours	.15	.14	.14	.10	.05	.03	−.17	−.18	.19
Child at home	−.09	−.10	−.11	.03	−.01	−.04	.13	.12	.11
Autonomy	.00	.00	−.01	.01	.02	−.04	.09	.09	.08
Work pressure	.33***	.34***	.34***	.08	.13	.14	−.22*	−.21	−.21
WL culture	.41***	.42***	.41***	.04	.12	.05	−.23*	−.22*	−.23*
FSSB		.06			.42***			.70
LMX			.06			.40**			.09
Adj R^2	.39	.39	.44	−.05	.11	.08	.15	.14	.14
R^2 change		.003	.05		.16	.13		.01	.01

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

Table 4. Regression Study I: Slovenian university.

	WFC			WFE			WLB
	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX
Gender (Female = 1)	.02	.01	.01	.17	.17	.17	−.05	−.04	−.04
Work hours	−.02	.03	.03	.19*	.20*	.19*	−.12	−.21*	−.21*
Child at home	−.02	−.01	−.02	.02	−.02	−.01	.06	.06	.07
Autonomy	.02	.01	.01	.35***	.33**	.32**	.19*	.21*	.22*
Work pressure	.43***	.41***	.42***	−11	−.11	−.13	−.24*	−.16	.18
WL culture	.29**	.26**	.29**	−.17	−.10	−.11	−.17	−.17	−.19
FSSB		−.07			.17			.09
LMX			.00			.14			.02
Adj R^2	.32	.32	.36	.21	.22	.22	.25	.24	.24
R^2 change		.00	.04		.01	.01		.01	.00

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

Table 5. Regression Study I: Slovenian hospital.

	WFC			WFE			WLB
	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX	Control	FSSB	LMX
Gender (Female = 1)	.03	.04	.03	.05	.04	.04	−.05	−0.5	−.05
Work hours	.10	.09	.10	.06	.08	.06	−.13*	−.11	−.13*
Child at home	−.09	−.09	−.09	−.00	−.01	−.00	−.02	−.02	−.02
Autonomy	−.04	−.03	−.02	.03	.02	.01	.20**	.18**	.18**
Work pressure	.27***	.26***	.26***	−.23***	−.22**	−.22**	−.15*	−.14*	−.15*
WL culture	.29***	.25***	.26***	−.10	−.05	−.06	−.20**	−.15*	−.17**
FSSB		−.12*			.15*			.17**
LMX			−.12*			.13*			.12
Adj R^2	.24	.25	.25	.06	.07	.07	.14	.16	.15
R^2 change		.01	.00		.01	.01		.02	.01

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

Table 6. Regression Study II: Dutch consultancy firm.

	WFB
	Control	FSSB	ALGSTEUN
Gender (Female = 1)	−.09	−.11	−.11
Work hours	−.13	−.11	−.13
Child at home	.07	.05	.04
Autonomy	.38***	.31***	.33***
Work pressure	−.38***	−.30***	−.35***
WL culture	−.14*	−.10	−.15*
FSSB		.27***
GSS			.19**
Adj R^2	.44	.49	.47
R^2 change		.05	.03

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

Table A1. Exploratory factor analysis for Study I.

	Dutch university			SLO university		SLO hospital
	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 3	Fac 1	Fac 2	Fac 1	Fac 2
FSSB
Your supervisor demonstrates effective behaviors in how to juggle work and non-work issues	−.155	.836	−.025	.950	−.314	.736	.102
Your supervisor makes you feel comfortable talking to him/her about your conflicts between work and non-work	.203	.429	.375	.752	.119	.656	.280
Your supervisor works effectively with employees to creatively solve conflicts between work and non-work	.236	.710	−.047	.868	.035	.750	.146
Your supervisor organizes the work in your department or unit to jointly benefit employees and the company	.089	.726	.120	.672	.193	.794	.086
LMX
My working relationship with my immediate supervisor is extremely effective	.711	.053	.164	.375	.525	.445	.444
I usually know how satisfied my immediate supervisor is with what I do	.611	.050	.215	.092	.756	−.169	.897
My immediate supervisor would use his or her power to help me solve my problems in my work	.491	.386	.030	.373	.578	.444	.509
I usually feel like I know where I stand with my immediate supervisor	.852	−.029	−.142	.371	.483	.137	.745
My immediate supervisor understands my problems and needs completely	.668	.040	.199	.652	.298	.364	.560
My immediate supervisor recognizes my potential	.854	−.213	.211	−.113	.907	.042	.848
My supervisor would ‘bail me out’ at his/her expense when I really need it	.739	.219	−.184	.314	.529	.294	.570
GSS
My supervisor can be relied on when things get tough on my job	.257	.484	.301	.671	.290	.833	.054
My supervisor is willing to listen to my job-related problems	−.003	.177	.811	.640	.283	.850	.004
My supervisor really does not care about my well-being	.053	−.086	.904	.752	.148	.778	−.193
Eigenvalue	6.89	1.37	1.06	8.53	1.03	8.30	1.19
R^2	0.49	0.09	0.08	0.61	0.07	.59	0.08
N	94	94	94	137	123	292	289

Table A2. Exploratory factor analysis for Study II.

	Dutch consultancy
	Fac 1	Fac 2
FSSB
Your supervisor demonstrates effective behaviors in how to juggle work and non-work issues	−.199	.921
Your supervisor makes you feel comfortable talking to him/her about your conflicts between work and non-work	.359	.606
Your supervisor works effectively with employees to creatively solve conflicts between work and non-work	.176	.788
Your supervisor organizes the work in your department or unit to jointly benefit employees and the company	.181	.700
GSS
I have a good relationship with my immediate supervisor	.817	.007
My immediate supervisor pays attention to what I have to say	.842	.035
My immediate supervisor is a good coach	.871	.036
My immediate supervisor manages to let people work together	.857	.020
My immediate supervisor helps me to get the job done	.819	−.032
Eigenvalue	5.26	1.22
R^2	0.58	0.13
N	198	198