TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining organizational variation in flexible work arrangements
T2 - Why the pattern and scale of availability matter
AU - Sweet, Stephen
AU - Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie
AU - Besen, Elyssa
AU - Golden, Lonnie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [Grant #2008-6-15].
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This study examines flexible work arrangement (FWA) availability in 2009 in a sample of 545 American employers. While most employers offer FWAs to some of their workforce, few offer these to the majority of their workers. Those employers that offer flexible work options tend to rely most heavily on flexibility in the scheduling and place of work. Seldom do organizations make options of reducing work and/or pausing work available to majority portions of their labor forces. Industry sector, labor market conditions, and organizational cultural support of flexibility are predictive of wide-scale FWA availability. This study reveals that FWAs remain out of reach for most workers, but that some conditions may foster greater availability.
AB - This study examines flexible work arrangement (FWA) availability in 2009 in a sample of 545 American employers. While most employers offer FWAs to some of their workforce, few offer these to the majority of their workers. Those employers that offer flexible work options tend to rely most heavily on flexibility in the scheduling and place of work. Seldom do organizations make options of reducing work and/or pausing work available to majority portions of their labor forces. Industry sector, labor market conditions, and organizational cultural support of flexibility are predictive of wide-scale FWA availability. This study reveals that FWAs remain out of reach for most workers, but that some conditions may foster greater availability.
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U2 - 10.1080/13668803.2014.887553
DO - 10.1080/13668803.2014.887553
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897645342
SN - 1366-8803
VL - 17
SP - 115
EP - 141
JO - Community, Work and Family
JF - Community, Work and Family
IS - 2
ER -