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Flexible and Family‐Friendly Working Arrangements in UK‐Based SMEs: Business Cases
Author(s) -
Dex Shirley,
Scheibl Fiona
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00207
Subject(s) - business , work (physics) , balance (ability) , family friendly , industrial organization , work–life balance , small and medium sized enterprises , marketing , finance , order (exchange) , mechanical engineering , medicine , engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Interest in researching flexible working arrangements has been growing as such practices have been heralded as the way to reconcile or balance the increased pressures of work and family life. Relatively little attention has been paid to the experiences of flexible working arrangements in small and medium sized enterprises. We report the findings of empirical work on ten small and medium‐sized enterprises and four larger organizations. The reasons for introducing particular flexible working arrangements in SMEs were explored. Our findings show that business case reasons were used when introducing flexible working arrangements in both SMEs and larger organizations, although in different ways.