The impact of managers' work-family spillover on entrepreneurship and firm performance

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18H00894
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Katayama Hajime 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 教授 (00595746)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山野井 順一 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 准教授 (20386543) ; 淺羽 茂 早稲田大学, 商学学術院(経営管理研究科), 教授 (60222593) ; 井口 衡 京都産業大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (60633906)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 家庭から仕事へのコンフリクト / 中小企業経営者 / 配偶者 / 長期的志向 / 将来の結果の考慮 / 企業行動 / 従業員への対応 / 質問票調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The primary objective of this study is to quantitatively analyze the impact that a manager's family-to-work conflict has on their decision-making within the business. After conducting several questionnaire surveys among small and medium-sized business owners, their spouses, and employees in the 23 wards of Tokyo, it was found that the family-to-work conflict perceived by the managers had a statistically significant negative effect on their long-term orientation and consideration of future consequences. Additionally, it had a statistically significant negative impact on the employees' job satisfaction, job engagement, psychological safety, and empowerment.

Free Research Field

経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題から、実際に、family-to-work conflictは企業経営における経営者の長期的志向や将来の結果の考慮、および従業員への待遇についての影響があることが認められた。政策的な含意としては、近年、work-family balanceの概念が重視されている。中小企業における競争力の強化やイノベーションの促進が政策的な課題として挙げられることが多いが、企業経営に対しての施策ではなく、経営者の家庭に焦点を当て、family-to-work conflictを減らすような施策の効果も見込める可能性があろう。