Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Flexible Work and Organizational Commitment Among Korean Managers: The Mediating Role of Work–Family Conflict and CEO Gender Equality
Originally published 2025-10-16 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs15101406 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about an equity review of who can benefit from flexible arrangements; the original evidence concerns 2345 mother and father managers in 469 Korean companies.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Does flexibility offer mothers and fathers the same opportunities?
This reading brings flexible work, perceived CEO gender equality and different experiences of mother and father managers into the respect pathway. The three-year multilevel panel study offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
2345 mother and father managers in 469 Korean companies
Age / stage: Working parents; children's ages not specified in the abstract
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess flexible work use and perceived CEO gender equality?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about gender differences in work-family conflict and commitment over time?
- What would need to be checked before adopting an equity review of who can benefit from flexible arrangements?
Keep the limits in view
Observational panel modeling cannot prove the proposed causal sequence; Korean managerial positions may differ from frontline and nonmanagerial work.
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Hyondong Kim; Jin Suk Lee (2025). Flexible Work and Organizational Commitment Among Korean Managers: The Mediating Role of Work–Family Conflict and CEO Gender Equality Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15101406
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