Table 1.

Item Comparison of Short Form Measures

Scale & Item	Emotional Support	Role Modeling	Instrumental Support	Creative Work-Family Management
FSSB-SF
•  Your supervisor makes you feel     comfortable talking to him/her     about your conflicts between work     and non-work	*
•  Your supervisor demonstrates     effective behaviors in how to     juggle work and non-work issues		*
•  Your supervisor works effectively     with employees to creatively solve     conflicts between work and non-     work			*
•  Your supervisor organizes the     work in your department or unit to     jointly benefit employees and the     company				*
Clark (2001)
•  My supervisor understands my     family demands	*
•  My supervisor listens when I talk     about my family	*
•  My supervisor acknowledges that I     have obligations as a family     member	*
Thompson et al. (1999)
•  In general, managers in this     organization are quite     accommodating of family-related     needs.			*
•  Higher management in this     organization encourages     supervisors to be sensitive to     employees’ family and personal     concerns.	*
•  Middle managers and executives in     this organization are sympathetic     toward employees’ child care     responsibilities.	*
•  In the event of a conflict, managers     are understanding when employees     have to put their family first.	*
•  In this organization employees are     encouraged to strike a balance     between their work and family lives.	*
•  Middle managers and executives in     this organization are sympathetic     toward employees’ elder care     responsibilities.	*
•  This organization is supportive of     employees who want to switch to     less demanding jobs for family     reasons.			*
•  In this organization it is generally     okay to talk about one’s family at     work.	*
•  In this organization employees can     easily balance their work and     family lives.			*
•  This organization encourages     employees to set limits on where     work stops and home life begins.	*
•  In this organization it is very hard     to leave during the workday to take     care of personal or family matters.     (R)			*