TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward A Conceptual Clarification Of Employee Responses To Flexible Working Hours
T2 - A Work Adjustment Approach
AU - Pierce, Jon L
AU - Newstrom, John W.
PY - 1980/9
Y1 - 1980/9
N2 - An elaboration of Davis, England and Lofquist's (1968) work adjustment model is employed to explain how flexible working hours can influence employee satisfaiction, performance, absenteeism, tenure, organizational commitment, and job involvement. Through need full illment, stress reduction, and the harmonization of work with human circadian rhythms, flexible working hours can contribute to a greater correspondence between (1) an individual's abilities and the ability requirements of the job, and (2) an individual's needs and the satisfaiction of those needs by, the work environment.
AB - An elaboration of Davis, England and Lofquist's (1968) work adjustment model is employed to explain how flexible working hours can influence employee satisfaiction, performance, absenteeism, tenure, organizational commitment, and job involvement. Through need full illment, stress reduction, and the harmonization of work with human circadian rhythms, flexible working hours can contribute to a greater correspondence between (1) an individual's abilities and the ability requirements of the job, and (2) an individual's needs and the satisfaiction of those needs by, the work environment.
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U2 - 10.1177/014920638000600202
DO - 10.1177/014920638000600202
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965681976
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 6
SP - 117
EP - 134
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -
