Effects of Flexible Working Arrangement on Job Satisfaction

Abenet Legesse Bekele and Abdurezak Mohammed
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Abenet Legesse Bekele: Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce, Ethiopia
Abdurezak Mohammed: Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce, Ethiopia

Business, Management and Economics Research, 2020, vol. 6, issue 10, 135-145

Abstract: The rapid trend of changes and social issues in managing the global workforce has forced organizations to look for innovative ways of enhancing the job satisfaction of employees. Among these innovative approaches is the provision of Flexible Working Arrangements (FWAs). The purpose of this exploratory research was to identify the effects of FWAs, i.e., flextime schedule, compressed workweek, and telecommuting on job satisfaction from the perspective of the Ethiopian national employees of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa. To achieve this objective both descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted. The total population of the study was 250; out of which, 71% of responses were collected. A primary data collection method was implemented using a structured questionnaire. The analysis showed that there is significant positive effect of flextime schedule (R = .39, R2 = .264, p = .001) and compressed workweek (R = .39, R2 = .159, p = .039). This means that increase in the use of flextime schedules and compressed workweek enhances job satisfaction for employees of the ECA in Addis Ababa. The independent variables reported R = .39 and R2 = .15 which means that 15% of corresponding variations in employee job satisfaction can be explained by flexible working arrangements. Nevertheless, this study found out that there are no significant relationship of telecommuting (R = .39, R2 = .065, p = .398) on job satisfaction. Therefore, since the provision of FWAs is at the nascent stage, further studies on the effect of telecommuting on job satisfaction from Ethiopian employees context are highly recommended.

Keywords: Flexible working arrangement (FWAs); Flextime schedule; Compressed workweek; Telecommuting; Job satisfaction; UN-ECA; Ethiopia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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