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The skill profile of the employees and the provision of flexible working hours in the workplace: a multilevel analysis across European countries
Author(s) -
Riva Egidio,
Lucchini Mario,
Dulk Laura,
OllierMalaterre Ariane
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12207
Subject(s) - multilevel model , scrutiny , demographic economics , sample (material) , european union , unemployment , work (physics) , eu countries , regression analysis , business , affect (linguistics) , psychology , labour economics , economics , political science , economic growth , statistics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , mathematics , engineering , communication , chromatography , law , economic policy
This article investigates the relationship between the skill profile of the employees (i.e. the percentage of employees in highly skilled jobs) and the provision of flexible working hours in the workplace (i.e. the proportion of employees entitled to adapt, within certain limits, the time when they begin or finish their daily work according to their personal needs or wishes). Analyses draw on the 2009 European Company Survey, conducted on a representative sample ( N = 26,640) of European establishments in 29 countries. Multilevel mixed‐effects linear regressions are used to study to what extent both workplace‐level and national‐level variables affect this relationship. Findings suggest a strong, positive and non‐linear relationship between the variables under scrutiny, which is moderated, at national level, by both unemployment and trade union density rates.