Purpose – The aim of this article is to investigate the incidence and impact of FWAs in smaller businesses in Scotland, as an integral part of a recent European Social Fund project. From theoretical perspectives it discusses the influences on, and impacts of, flexible working arrangements. The...

Discussion and analysis of small businesses tends to work on generalised, popularised understanding and knowledge of what their motivations are and how they behave in a business environment. The need to explore below these generalisations into the submerged variables and relationships is argued...

In response to the dynamic shifts in the contemporary work landscape, organizations are strategically leveraging Flexible Working Arrangements (FWAs) to optimize employee satisfaction and retain top-tier talent. This study delves into the impact of FWAs, including remote work, hybrid models, and...

This paper investigates the impact of fathers' flexible working hours on their willingness to contribute to domestic work. We first hypothesize that fathers will contribute more if they have the possibility to work flexible hours. Second, fathers are assumed to contribute less if their female...

Berufliche Geschlechtersegregation produziert und reproduziert soziale Ungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern. Vor diesem Hintergrund steht in diesem Artikel die Wahrnehmung von Stellenausschreibungen im Fokus. Wenn Frauen einzelne Merkmale einer Stellenausschreibung für mehr oder weniger...

Ziel der Untersuchung war es zu klären, ob sich die Arbeitsmerkmale erreichbar Beschäftigter von denen ohne Erreichbarkeit unterscheiden. Daher wurde die Arbeit von Erreichbaren (n = 79) und von nicht Erreichbaren (n = 48) mittels objektiv-bedingungsbezogener Arbeitsanalysen über eine...

Knowledge about the timing of consumption opens new insights into consumption behaviour for consumer, economic, social as well as for communal and societal policies. It not only allows sound information for a better match of timely supply and demand but also about everyday living arrangements....

Ziel dieser Analyse ist die Identifikation von Auswirkungen unterschiedlicher flexibler Arbeitszeitformen und Abgeltungsarten von Überstunden auf die subjektive Arbeitszufriedenheit. Dazu wird zunächst die Verbreitung flexibler Arbeitszeitformen in Deutschland im Zeitverlauf beschrieben. Auf...

This study analyses how different working hours arrangements influence the subjective job satisfaction. The paper contributes to the existing literature dealing with job satisfaction by including information on the flexibility of working hours arrangements and the compensation for working...