Effective work‐life balance support for various household structures
研究不同家庭结构（单身、有伴侣、有伴侣和孩子）的员工需要不同类型的工作生活平衡支持，发现工作家庭文化提升父母绩效但降低单身绩效，灵活工作安排和主管支持分别对单身和伴侣更有效。
Abstract Today's workforce encompasses a wide variety of employees with specific needs and resources when it comes to balancing work and life roles. Our study explores whether various types of work‐life balance support measures improve employee helping behavior and performance among single employees, employees with a partner, and employees with a partner and children. Using a sample of 482 employees at 24 organizations, the results showed that the organization's work‐family culture improved work performance among parents but reduced performance among singles. Singles' work outcomes improved, however, when they had access to flexible work arrangements, whereas couples benefited from their supervisors' social support. The results stress the importance of the employee's household structure when considering appropriate support for balancing work and life roles. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.