The effectiveness of flextime in reducing time-based work-family conflict in dual-earner families.

摘要

Identification of factors that help to decrease time-based work-family conflict will move organizations from having policies that are good "on paper" to having policies that are good "in practice." A sample of 525 married or common-law, dual-earner families was studied using the General Social Survey on Time Use, Cycle 12. Logistic regression analysis was used to measure the moderating effect of flextime on gender on individuals' experience of time-based work-family conflict controlling for number of children, ages of children, socio-economic status, and work hours. A significant negative association was found between motherhood and experiencing consensus, as well as between work hours and the absence of flextime, and consensus. Flextime was found not to moderate the effect of gender on time-based work-family conflict. Findings can be used by organizations in order to effect policies and changes that are meaningful to employees and contribute to decreasing their time-based work-family conflict.