The impact of utilizing a flexible work schedule on the perceived career advancement potential of women

✍ Scribed by Sara A. Rogier; Margaret Y. Padgett

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 113 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8004
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1089

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examined whether a woman working a flexible schedule would be perceived as having less career
advancement potential than a woman on a regular schedule. Participants reviewed a packet of materials
simulating the personnel file of a female employee in an accounting firm who was seeking promotion from manager
to senior manager. Results indicated that participants perceived the female employee on the flexible schedule
as having less job‐career dedication and less advancement motivation; there was no difference in
perceived capability. Implications of these results for implementation of alternative work arrangements are
discussed.