Workplace flexibility for hourly lower-wage employees: A strategic business practice within one national retail firm.

Swanberg, Jennifer E.; James, Jacquelyn Boone; Werner, Mac; McKechnie, Sharon P.

doi:10.1080/10887150801963836

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“…These jobs also have unpredictable schedules over which employees have little control (Hammer, Kossek, Anger, Bodner, & Zimmerman, 2011; Swanberg, McKechnie, Ojha, & James, 2011), and have limited access to formal flexible work arrangements (Swanberg, Watson, & Eastman, 2014). Moreover, front-line supervisors seldom receive adequate training in work–life management skills (Kelly et al, 2014; Swanberg, James, Werner, & McKechnie; 2008) needed to effectively handle employees’ issues surrounding cancer and work. These employment conditions inherent in low-wage jobs make it difficult for healthy individuals to thrive economically and emotionally (Hsueh & Yoshikawa, 2007; Lambert, Haley-Locke, & Henley, 2012; Williams & Boushey, 2010) and may be even more burdensome for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer.…”

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Managing cancer and employment: Decisions and strategies used by breast cancer survivors employed in low-wage jobs

Nichols

Tracy

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Advances in breast cancer screening and treatment have led to an overall 5-year survival rate of 90%. Many of these cancer cases are diagnosed in working women. Few studies have explicitly examined the cancer–work interface, as experienced by low-wage earning women with breast cancer. This study uses in-depth, semistructured interviews with 24 low-wage breast cancer survivors to identify employment decisions and factors that influenced or enabled these decisions, and examine the individual strategies and workplace supports used to manage the cancer–work interface among a subset of women (n = 13) who continued to work. Future research areas and clinical implications are discussed.

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Managing cancer and employment: Decisions and strategies used by breast cancer survivors employed in low-wage jobs

Nichols

Tracy

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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“…Workplace flexibility is an important variable which influences the relationship between the work stressors described above and work-family conflict (Swanberg et al, 2008). Flexible work arrangements help employees to attain balance between work and family roles.…”

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Relationship between Work-Family Conflict, Job Embeddedness, Workplace Flexibility, and Turnover Intentions

Afsar¹,

Rehman²

2017

Makara Hubs-Asia

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The present study seeks to propose and test a research model that investigates job embeddedness as a mediator and workplace flexibility as a moderator of the effect of family-work conflict on turnover intentions. This study uses a survey method and a structured questionnaire to collect data from 187 nurses working in various hospitals in Islamabad, Pakistan. The results showed that on-the-job embeddedness partially mediated the effect of work-family conflict on nurses' turnover intention. Furthermore, workplace flexibility moderated the relationship between work-family conflict and turnover intention. Management of the hospitals should take decisive steps to establish and maintain a supportive and flexible work environment because such an environment would help nurses to balance their work (family) and family (work) roles and lead to increased job embeddedness. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to retain high performing nurses in the workplace. The current study contributes to the existing knowledge base by testing job embeddedness as a mediator and workplace flexibility as a moderator of the impact of work-family conflict on turnover intentions of nurses.Hubungan antara Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga, Job Embeddedness, Workplace Flexibility, dan Intensi Turnover AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menguji model penelitian yang melibatkan job embeddedness sebagai mediator dan fleksibilitas tempat kerja sebagai moderator pengaruh konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap intensi turnover. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dan kuesioner terstruktur yang menguji data dari 187 perawat berbagai rumah sakit di Islamabad, Pakistan. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa job embeddedness berperan sebagai mediator dari pengaruh konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap intensi turnover perawat. Selanjutnya, fleksibilitas tempat kerja memoderatori hubungan antara konflik pekerjaan-keluarga dengan intensi turnover. Manajemen rumah sakit harus mengambil langkah tegas untuk membangun dan memelihara lingkungan kerja yang mendukung dan fleksibel, karena lingkungan seperti ini akan membantu perawat untuk menyeimbangkan peran mereka dalam keluarga dan pekerjaan sehingga dapat meningkatkan job embeddedness. Jika tidak, akan sangat sulit untuk mempertahankan perawat agar dapat bekerja dengan kinerja yang tinggi. Studi ini berkontribusi pada dasar pengetahuan dengan menguji job embeddedness sebagai mediator dan fleksibilitas tempat kerja sebagai moderator dari pengaruh konflik pekerjaankeluarga terhadap intensi turnover perawat.

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“…Other structural challenges relate to resource management, work processes, client demands, and technological concerns. These constraints would have a negative impact on the extent of managerial support for a change initiative, as managers who believe in the viability of flexible work are more likely to support its implementation (Lirio, Lee, Williams, Haugen, & Kossek, 2008;Swanberg, James, Werner, & McKechnie, 2008).…”

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Discussing Work-Life Fit: Factors that Predict Managerial Promotion of Flexible Work Arrangements

Sweet¹,

James²,

Pitt‐Catsouphes³

2015

Work and Family in the New Economy

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Purpose À Increased access to flexible work arrangements has the prospect of enhancing work-family reconciliation. Under consideration is extent that managers assumed lead roles in initiating discussions, the overall volume of discussions that occurred, and the outcomes of these discussions.Methodology/approach À A panel analysis of 950 managers over one and a half years examines factors predicting involvement in a change initiative designed to expand flexible work arrangement use in a company in the financial activities supersector.

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Workplace flexibility for hourly lower-wage employees: A strategic business practice within one national retail firm.

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Managing cancer and employment: Decisions and strategies used by breast cancer survivors employed in low-wage jobs

Managing cancer and employment: Decisions and strategies used by breast cancer survivors employed in low-wage jobs

Relationship between Work-Family Conflict, Job Embeddedness, Workplace Flexibility, and Turnover Intentions

Discussing Work-Life Fit: Factors that Predict Managerial Promotion of Flexible Work Arrangements

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