Rofcanin, Y., Las Heras, M., Bosch, M.J., Wood, G. & Munghal, F.A closer look at the positive crossover between supervisors and subordinates: The role of home and work engagement

Abstract

Drawing on crossover research and social learning theory (SLT), our main goal in this study is to explore mechanisms and boundary conditions to understand how positive crossover occurs from supervisors to their subordinates. We focus on the nature and foundations of positive crossover in the domains of work and home, and explore the downstream consequences for subordinates' domain-specific outcomes. Using matched supervisor-subordinate data, the results of multi-level analyses demonstrated that a) perceived organization support (POS) of supervisors strengthens the positive association between supervisors' and subordinates' work engagement while b) supervisors' family supportive supervisor behaviours (FSSBs) strengthens the positive association between supervisors' and subordinates' home engagement. Importantly, subordinates' work and home engagement explains why supervisors' state of engagement in work and home domains, respectively, explain subordinates' functioning in work and home domains, underscoring a trickle-down model. We contribute to crossover research through a) demonstrating that crossover occurs from supervisors to their subordinates in work and family domains a) highlighting the role of relational mechanisms as boundary conditions of crossover process, b) helping understand how crossover impacts on subordinates' key outcomes at work and home and c) expanding crossover research into supervisor-subordinate dyads with data collected in an understudied context, Chile.

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