Creating flexible work arrangements through idiosyncratic deals

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hornung, Severin; Rousseau, Denise M.; Glaser, Juergen
• 署名单位: Technical University of Munich; Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.655
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 655-664
• 关键词: individualized working conditions; negotiated flexibility; professional development opportunities; PROACTIVE BEHAVIOR

摘要

A survey of 887 employees in a German government agency assessed the antecedents and consequences of idiosyncratic arrangements individual workers negotiated with their supervisors. Work arrangements promoting the individualization of employment conditions, such as part-time work and telecommuting, were positively related to the negotiation of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals). Worker personal initiative also had a positive effect on i-deal negotiation. Two types of i-deals were studied: flexibility in hours of work and developmental opportunities. Flexibility i-deals were negatively related and developmental i-deals positively related to work-family conflict and working unpaid overtime. Developmental i-deals were also positively related to increased performance expectations and affective organizational commitment, while flexibility i-deals were unrelated to either.