Organizational size and work-family issues

Although the number of small businesses has grown significantly, and the ma jority of American workers are employed by smaller companies, very little a ttention has been given to conducting research studies about work-family is sues in these companies. This article presents information about other busi ness studies that have focused on organizational size, and it highlights se veral research traditions that can be used to develop future studies of com pany size and work-family issues: organizational theories, and studies of c ommunity and school size. Studies that explore organizational and employee perspectives on work-family issues in smaller businesses are presented. Fin ally, recommendations are made for future studies to explore the relationsh ip between organizational size and work family issues, including the sugges tion that multilevel studies be conducted that combine both organizational and employee perspectives.