Flex‐time as a moderator of the job stress‐work motivation relationship: A three nation investigation
Abstract
Purpose
It has been known for some time that job stress has a wide‐ranging, negative impact on employees. It has also been known that providing employees with autonomy and/or control over their work environment reduces the deleterious consequences of job stress. The purpose of this study is to examine whether control in the form of flex‐time (i.e. allowing employees to create their own work schedules) moderates the impact of stress on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among Russian, Canadian, and Israeli Arab employees (n=933).
Design/methodology/approach
Archival data that was obtained from employees (n=933) residing in three different nations was analysed via hierarchical moderated multiple regression.
Findings
In relation to extrinsic motivation, a significant interaction was observed between job stress, flex‐time, and country of residence. Although flex‐time and country of residence were significant predictors of intrinsic motivation, no significant interactions were observed.
Originality/value
This is one of few papers to examine flex‐time from an international perspective. In terms of value, human resource managers are made aware that the impacts of flex‐time on employees' motivation depends, in part, on the nation in which they are employed.
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Citation
Barney, C.E. and Elias, S.M. (2010), "Flex‐time as a moderator of the job stress‐work motivation relationship: A three nation investigation", Personnel Review, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 487-502. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483481011045434
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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