Idiosyncratic Deals and Work- Family Enrichment: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

The concept of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) as personalized work arrangements that are different in nature from the usual employment contracts, negotiated to meet the specific needs of employees individually, has created a new trend in the area of employer-employee relationships. The current study was an attempt to investigate the impact of idiosyncratic deals, as flexibility and development deals, on the mutual relationship of work-family enrichment. Additionally, the moderating effect of employees' self-efficacy in this relationship was examined. The present applied study employed a descriptive survey design. The statistical population of the study included the employees of three companies engaged in information technology in banking sector, located in Pardis Technology Park, who were randomly recruited. Standard questionnaires were used for the data collection and the data analyses were done by structural equation modeling using Smart PLS software. The results indicated that flexibility and development i-deals have a significant positive effect on the work to family enrichment and that self-efficacy, as a moderating variable, enhances this relationship. However, the impact of flexibility and development i-deals on the family to work enrichment was not significant, and only through adding the self-efficacy moderator variable, a significant positive relationship was established between these variables.