WORKPLACE FAMILY-SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS - PREDICTORS OF EMPLOYED PARENTSIMPORTANCE RATINGS

Little research has examined the predictors of employed parents' perce ived importance of family-supportive programmes. Therefore, this study examined the relationship of gender, parenting demands (number of chi ldren living at home and age of youngest child), family-related tangib le support (spouse tangible support and other-family tangible support) , and work-family conflict (work->family and family->work conflict) to the perceived importance of six family-supportive programmes (flextim e, compressed work week. job sharing, child-care assistance, work at h ome and reduced work hours). Survey data were obtained from a sample o f 252 employed parents. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that age of youngest child and family->work conflict were the most consist ent predictors. Implications of the findings for the outcome evaluatio n of family-supportive programmes are discussed.