Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Giovanis, Eleftherios

Titolo:

Flexible Employment Arrangements and Workplace Performance in Great Britain

Anno:

2016

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Nome rivista:

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER

ISSN Rivista:

0143-7720

Intervallo pagine:

1-32

Parole chiave:

financial performance; flexible employment; labour productivity; teleworking; workplace employment relations survey

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

There is an increasing concern on the quality of jobs and productivity witnessed in the flexible employment arrangements. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between various employment arrangements and the workplace performance. Home-based working-teleworking, flexible timing and compressed hours are the main employment types examined using the Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS) in years 2004 and 2011. The workplace performance is measured by two outcomes- the financial performance and labour productivity. First, the determinants of those flexible employment types are explored. Second, the ordinary least squares (OLS) method is followed. Third, an instrumental variable (IV) approach is applied to account for plausible endogeneity and to estimate the causal effects. The findings reveal a significant and positive relationship between these types of flexible employment arrangements and the workplace performance. Education, age, wage, quality of relations between managersemployees, years of experience, the area of the market the workplace is operated and the competition are significant factors and are positively associated with the propensity of the flexible employment arrangements implementation. This can have various profound policy implications for employees, employers and the society overall, including family-work balance, coping with family demands, improving the firm performance, reducing traffic congestion and stress among others. It is the first study that explores the relationship between flexible employment types and workplace performance using an IV approach. This allows us to estimate the causal effects of flexible employment types and the possible associated social implications.

Id prodotto:

95428

Handle IRIS:

11562/955975

ultima modifica:

19 ottobre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

Giovanis, Eleftherios, Flexible Employment Arrangements and Workplace Performance in Great Britain «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER» , 2016 , pp. 1-32

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