Flextime/Flexspace for All in the Organization? A Study of the Availability, Use, and Consequences of Flexible Work Arrangements for Low and High SES Employees in Nine European Countries

Tanja van der Lippe (), Laura den Dulk and Katia Begall
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Tanja van der Lippe: Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
Laura den Dulk: Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Katia Begall: Department of Sociology, Radboud University, 6525 XZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between employee socioeconomic status (SES) and the availability, use, and consequences for employees of flexible work arrangements (working from home and flexible starting and finishing times). Multi-level analyses based on the European Sustainable Workforce Survey (11,011 employees nested in 869 teams at 259 organizations in nine European countries) reveal a negative relationship between low SES employees and the availability of working from home. Lower-status employees also perceive working from home and flexible work times as less available to them and use these arrangements less than higher-status employees. Findings suggest similar outcomes of use for both groups. We found almost no differences between lower and higher SES employees in how using flexible work arrangements affected performance, commitment, and work–life conflict.

Keywords: working from home; flexible working hours; socio-economic status; multi-level; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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