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Flexible Work Arrangements: Help or Hype?



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    Flexible work arrangements have been cited as crucial to helping employees manage work and nonwork responsibilities. Despite the positive press given to flextime work arrangements, research results regarding their efficacy in terms of preventing work-family conflict are inconsistent. Moreover, researchers are beginning to recognize that access to flexible work arrangements (FWA) alone does not create a basis for successful management of work and family roles. The heterogeneity associated with the research findings regarding FWA is underscored by two recent meta-analytic studies. Specifically, one study reported a meta-analytic effect size of -.30 between flexibility and work interference with family (WIF) and of-.17 with family interference with work (FIW). In contrast, the other meta-analytic study reported an effect size of .00 with WJF and .06 with FIW. The inconsistencies found even within meta-analytic research suggest that there is a great deal of variation associated with the effectiveness of FWA. This chapter will review the existing literature regarding the relationship between flexible work arrangements and work-family conflict and present an agenda for future research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISBN:
    9780761844358
  • Publisher:
    University Press of America, Inc.
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Book
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    265-286
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20062224
  • Citation:
    Handbook of families and work: interdisciplinary perspectives. Crane DR, Hill EJ eds. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc., 2009 Jul; :265-286
  • Contact Point Address:
    Tammy D. Allen, University of South Florida, Department of Psychology, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PCD4118, Tampa, FL
  • Email:
    tallen@shell.cas.usf.edu
  • Editor(s):
    Crane DR; Hill EJ
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2009
  • Performing Organization:
    Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Part Number:
    2
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Handbook of families and work: interdisciplinary perspectives
  • End Date:
    20290630
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    urn:sha-512:d6ca5d35040acb484fbe59b20e189781fb7f282f41168cec1b5185d6c2f6ac6e97dc2595769cf1bcea334bd5ec9ef8362744aa6798624a25ff9736b7fb919b2f
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