Open AccessIndonesian professionals’ perspectives on flexible working arrangements as an alternative employment option post-Covid 19 recovery
Author(s) -
Maria Jacinta Arquisola,
Liswandi Liswandi,
Erny Hutabarat,
Fitri Choerunnisa Fauzi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of research in business and social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-4478
DOI - 10.20525/ijrbs.v10i8.1495
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , focus group , business , interview , indonesian , work (physics) , covid-19 , operations management , qualitative research , marketing , medicine , engineering , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , anthropology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The objective of the study is to assess how industry professionals perceive the implementation of flexible work arrangements (FWA) and what challenges are likely to enable or hinder its adoption in Indonesian companies. We conducted an intensive qualitative study for three months, guided by phenomenology, with 15 industry professionals representing multi-sectorial industries, as respondents. Laddered open-ended interviewing using two series of focus group discussions was employed. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Our findings show that industry professionals are in favor of FWA due to the many benefits it could bring to the employees like work-life balance, health and safety, flexible hours, convenience and comfort, and efficiency in the utilization of office space facilities.