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Using flexible schedules in the managerial world: The power of peers

✍ Scribed by Ellen Ernst Kossek; Alison E. Barber; Deborah Winters

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
166 KB
Volume
38
Category
Article
ISSN
0090-4848

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✦ Synopsis

Reports indicate that managers fail to take advantage of flexible work schedules to integrate work and life demands. A survey was conducted of approximately 1,000 managers who had three alternative schedule options: flextime, part-time work, and leave of absence. Managers who were women or who had work group peers who were schedule users were more likely to use each schedule. Managers' productivity concerns were highest for flextime, then leaves, and least for part-time work. Organizational cultural change can occur if managers take the lead in their work groups to use flexible schedules in order to remove social barriers. 1

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