Flexibility in the work schedule can depend on age, gender, education, and other factors. Although, flexibility has more access to men. 

Flexibility in Terms of Individuals 

Women tend to have more work-family conflict. In English-speaking countries, women don’t have less control over their schedule than men. 

Flexibility in Terms of Gender for Workplace Schedule

•	Employees are more satisfied with their jobs


•	Employees feel more involved in the organization


Positive Effects of Flexibility

Schedule control is more likely to be negatively related to work-family conflict, but it can differ 

Negative Effect of Flexibility

When employees do not get their desired hours to work, they are less satisfied. 

Effect of not having Flexibility (Retail Workers)

Flexibility in the work schedule focuses on the times that employees can choose, and the total number of hours worked in a week. 

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Work-Family schedule fit is creating a work schedule that fits your employee’s schedule based on their likings.

Work-Family Schedule Fit 

Lyness, K. S., Gornick, J. C., Stone, P., & Grotto, A. R. (2012). It's all about control: Worker control over schedule and hours in cross-national context. American Sociological Review, 77(6), 1023-1049. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122412465331

It's all about control: Worker control over schedule and hours in cross-national context

Employees differ in how they want their work schedule to be where some employees might want to have a strict line where work is not brought home, others might not mind work and home overlapping

Limits to Employee’s Work-Family Conflict

•	Having flexible hours


•	Employees oversee their schedule 


Benefits of Using Work-Schedule Fit 

•	There might be expectations from managers that employees don’t agree with


•	Flexible hours are going to be different for each person and they might choose to work in a schedule that’s non-conventional. 


Negatives of Using Work-Schedule Fit 

Schedule control is the amount of authority a person has in changing their schedule.

Schedule Control

Work schedules that fit employees allow employees to uphold their values and tend to their work tasks, and their loved ones. 

Work Schedule’s Importance to Employees

Flexibility (Work Schedule)

Workplaces in countries that accommodate work-family conflict and have unbiased views have reduced work-family conflict. 

Workplaces that accommodate work-family conflict

Workplaces that have premade schedules that already work for the employees are more likely to be known to support work-family conflict, even though there isn’t an aspect where employees could choose their schedule. 

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