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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"flexible work arrangements"”.
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Flexible Work Arrangements in Greece: Theoretical Perspectives and Evidence from Employers and Employees
The thesis examines Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) in the Greek labour market and theoretical perspectives that may explain employers’ and employees’ perceptions of flexible working in Greece. Its objectives are: (1) to contribute to the sociology of work and labour economics literatures, by …
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Childfree employees: The effects of flexible work arrangements and childfree-friendly culture on organisational commitment
Organisations are increasingly introducing flexible workplace practices and policies such as flextime and flexplace to increase the commitment of their employees and assist them to balance the competing work-life demands. At first, they were designed to create a family-friendly workplace for …
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A Daily Diary Investigation of the Impact of Flexible Work Arrangements on Physical Activity Among University Staff
… a sample of university staff employees who use flexible work arrangements (flextime or telework). Our first aim was to investigate the link between self-efficacy, perceived barriers, and flexible work arrangements on daily physical activity. Our second aim was to investigate the link between …
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The relationship between the use of flexible workplace arrangements and satisfaction with work-family balance amongst working fathers
… examined the relationship between the use of flexible work arrangements and satisfaction with work-family balance amongst working fathers in South Africa. Two types of flexible work arrangements were examined. Formal flexible work arrangements included flextime, flexplace and paternity leave. …
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Understanding why and how women determine to stay in student affairs after having children: a narrative inquiry
Many women leave higher education and the workforce because of inadequate support after childbirth, as student affairs units often struggle to create family-friendly environments. The purpose of this narrative inquiry qualitative study was to understand why and how mothers who work in student …
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Work Family Outcomes: Examining Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Flexibility in the Context of Low Wage Work
<p>Low wage workers are faced with unique challenges such as shift work, scheduling conflicts, and increased job demands, all of which have the capacity to prevent work and family balance. Recently, supportive supervisors and flexible work arrangements have been suggested as essential to mitigating …
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Project Work-From-Home Parent
… how healthcare organizations can facilitate a work-life balance (WLB) for parents who work from home (WFH). The study focuses on female healthcare workers with dependents aged 15 and younger in a private healthcare organization. Employing action research influenced by appreciative inquiry and …
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Exploring trajectories of success in research and innovation: a comparative study of women in academic careers in South Africa and Sweden
… such as a passion for stimulating and creative work, a desire to contribute meaningfully to others with their work, and a need for autonomy, creativity, self-expression and flexible work arrangements that accommodate family life. These intrinsic motivations enable resilience, adaptability, and …
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Essays in Development Economics
… chapters. The first essay studies the effects of flexible work arrangements on female labor force participation in West Bengal. The second essay considers the effects of mobile internet on educational outcomes in Brazil. The third essay examines how information about the carbon footprint of …
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Leveraging digital transformation to address women's challenges in the technology industry
… women remain underrepresented in the ICT workforce, making up only 23% in New Zealand and 29% in Australia. Following the explosive growth of remote work technologies during the COVID-19 lockdowns and the wide acceptance of hybrid working policies after the pandemic, this thesis explores …
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Manipulating affordances in practice : a hermeneutic phenomenological study of mobility impairment and uses of digital technologies in work
… impairments use digital technologies in their work practices. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology is used to reveal the phenomena, then to interpret the subsequent text through understandings of accessibility and use-potential which derive from the social barriers model and from …
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Justice within organizations: Perceptions of family support programs.
The implementation of workplace family support programs such as on-site child care and flexible work arrangements, represents an important step toward acknowledging the increasing numbers of women and mothers of young children within the work force. Nonetheless, work organizations have been slow to …
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Assessing Working Models' Impact on Land Cover Dynamics through Multi-Agent Based Modeling and Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of Roanoke, VA
The transition towards flexible work arrangements, notably work-from-home (WFH) practices, has prompted significant discourse on their potential to reshape urban landscapes. While existing urban growth models (UGM) offer insights into environmental and economic impacts, There is a need to study the …
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Does having women in positions of power reduce gender inequality in organizations? : a direct test
… more likely to allow their subordinates to use flexible work arrangements than are male managers and that female managers reduce gender inequality in terms of wages, but only for subordinates in the lowest organizational ranks. These findings have implications for research on gender inequality …
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Data-Driven Design Framework for Hybrid Workspaces
… of office design through a forced large-scale ‘work from home’ experiment. In the post-pandemic time, the conventional ‘office’ concept is being reconsidered as advanced digital technologies have eased location constraints of working, while the term ‘workspace’ has gained prevalence, …
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Three essays on U.S. economic history
… married women to enter and provided women with flexible work arrangements and equal pay. With a novel dataset on postmaster appointments and census linking, I show that postmasters attracted qualified women who were not gainfully employed previously. However, the postmaster occupation offered …
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The role of public policies in supporting hybrid entrepreneurship: The case of Vhembe district, Limpopo province
… related to financing, time allocation, networking, and skill development that can hinder their success. To address the research problem pertaining to the study social perceptions, an interpretive phenomenological research paradigm was adopted. The study employed a qualitative research …
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Comfortable others: the process of identity niching among private employment agencies, employers and migrant domestic workers
… process of “identity niching” in the domestic work sector by focusing on the role of and demand for the services of private employment agencies (PEAs) that specialise in placements in Cape Town. The thesis focuses on how Zimbabwean migrant domestic workers' (MDWs) identity as “comfortable …