Schedule flexibility and stress: Linking formal flexible arrangements and perceived flexibility to employee health

Joseph G. Grzywacz · Dawn S. Carlson · Sandee Shulkin

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Work-Family Balance Challenges Workplace Health and Well-being Stress and Burnout Research

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Despite widespread public appeals, the evidence base linking worker health to workplace flexibility remains weak. The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the potential health benefit of promoting schedule flexibility at work. Using data from several businesses across a variety of industries (N=19,704), this study tested hypothesized associations among employee participation in formal flexible work arrangements, perceived flexibility, and stress and burnout. Results indicated that stress and burnout was lower among workers engaged in all types of formal flexible arrangements, and that 30–50% of observed differences between workers engaged in flextime (either alone or combined with compressed workweeks) and those not engaged in a formal arrangement were explained by perceived flexibility. Evidence also indicated that the generally beneficial effect of schedule flexibility differs by gender and the employment arrangement of a worker's spouse or partner. This study provides clear support for advocates’ calls for employers to expand flexible arrangements, particularly flextime.

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