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9. Identifying the Main Factors of Workplace Flexibility Among Romanian Employees

Authors : Viorel Lefter, Ph.D., Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Ph.D., Ionut Casuneanu, Ph.D.

Published in: Solutions for Business, Culture and Religion in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Workplace flexibility gained increasingly more importance in the last decade, companies using it as a useful instrument to improve retention, to increase the overall level of work motivation and also to assure an adequate personal life to employees.
In this context, the paper aimed to identify the main flexibility factors among Romanian employees using as method of investigation, the principal component analysis based on a sample of 100 employees.
Analyzing the main forms of flexibility activities, the majority of the respondents consider teamwork and usage of information technology as primordial elements of flexibility.
The empirical results of the principal component analysis revealed that two main elements of flexibility are very important for Romanian employees-autonomy of work teams and working time flexibility.
Workplace flexibility is very important because employees will be more productive and more engaged in their work when there are able to balance the demands of work with other aspects of their lives.
The availability of a variety of flexible work arrangements can help employees also maximize work-family balance, which benefits both the employee and the employer.

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Metadata
Title
Identifying the Main Factors of Workplace Flexibility Among Romanian Employees
Authors
Viorel Lefter, Ph.D.
Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Ph.D.
Ionut Casuneanu, Ph.D.
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Solutions for Business, Culture and Religion in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-63368-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-63369-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63369-5_9