Human resource manager insights on creating and sustaining successful reduced-load work arrangements

✍ Scribed by Alyssa Friede; Ellen Ernst Kossek; Mary Dean Lee; Shelley Macdermid

• Book ID: 102261574
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4848
• DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20241

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Although human resource managers have critical insights into the successful implementation of reduced‐load work arrangements, relatively few studies focus on their perspective. These arrangements are a growing work form for employees who choose to work less than full‐time with a commensurate decrease in salary. Qualitative data analysis was used to identify key success factors noted in interviews with 52 HR managers in 39 companies. Individual employee characteristics (e.g., self‐regulatory work habits) were viewed as most critical. Also important were the design of the arrangement (e.g., clarifying the arrangement in advance) and workgroup relationships (e.g., positive supervisor‐employee relationships). We conclude with eight new takeaways for HR managers on how to create and sustain successful reduced‐load work arrangements and directions for future research and practice. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.