Friday, August 03, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: WORKING TIME FLEXIBILITY in EUROPEAN COMPANIES [3 August 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working time flexibility in European companies [3 August 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0739.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/39/en/1/ef0739en.pdf
[full-text, 83 pages]
Author:
Chung, Heejung; Kerkhofs, Marcel; Ester, Peter
Summary:
Working time arrangements can have a significant bearing on the efficiency and productivity of companies as well as the health, wellbeing and motivation of their employees. This report provides unique insight into the various working time flexibility arrangements currently in place in companies across Europe. It is based on analysing the findings of a large-scale, representative survey carried out in establishments with 10 or more employees in 21 European countries in 2004-5. The report looks at whether and how countries differ in their application of flexible working time systems. It analyses the perceived impact of such arrangements on company performance in terms of economic success and employment stability or growth.
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Flexibility and worklife balance 5
Flexibility definitions and ideal types 5
Flexibility at company level 9
Determinants of working time organisation at company level 11
Flexible working time arrangements and company performances 16
Testing the framework of flexibility 17
2 Typology of working time flexibility 23
Latent cluster model 23
Typology of working time flexibility 25
Company clusters and country differences 30
3 Properties of flexible companies 41
Multivariate analysis of the typology of working time flexibility 41
Working time flexibility and company performance 48
4 Conclusions 55
Bibliography 61
Annex 1: Definition of variables 67
Annex 2: Detailed results 71
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working time flexibility in European companies [3 August 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0739.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/39/en/1/ef0739en.pdf
[full-text, 83 pages]
Author:
Chung, Heejung; Kerkhofs, Marcel; Ester, Peter
Summary:
Working time arrangements can have a significant bearing on the efficiency and productivity of companies as well as the health, wellbeing and motivation of their employees. This report provides unique insight into the various working time flexibility arrangements currently in place in companies across Europe. It is based on analysing the findings of a large-scale, representative survey carried out in establishments with 10 or more employees in 21 European countries in 2004-5. The report looks at whether and how countries differ in their application of flexible working time systems. It analyses the perceived impact of such arrangements on company performance in terms of economic success and employment stability or growth.
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Flexibility and worklife balance 5
Flexibility definitions and ideal types 5
Flexibility at company level 9
Determinants of working time organisation at company level 11
Flexible working time arrangements and company performances 16
Testing the framework of flexibility 17
2 Typology of working time flexibility 23
Latent cluster model 23
Typology of working time flexibility 25
Company clusters and country differences 30
3 Properties of flexible companies 41
Multivariate analysis of the typology of working time flexibility 41
Working time flexibility and company performance 48
4 Conclusions 55
Bibliography 61
Annex 1: Definition of variables 67
Annex 2: Detailed results 71
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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