Pitfalls in planning flexibility: Knowledge deficit threat to work-life-balance
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 11 January 2016
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.
Design/methodology/approach
This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
Findings
This paper comments on the understanding and use of “right to request” flexible working arrangements, from both an employee and manager/organization perspective. There was a considerable knowledge deficit among employees making requests for flexible working, and also among their managers, and a high level of informality in the processing of requests. Managers play a critical role in structuring both the procedure and the substantive outcomes of flexible working arrangement (FWA) requests. Managers’ personal experience and levels of commitment to FWAs are critical in the process.
Practical implications
The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations.
Originality/value
The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.
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Acknowledgements
Retraction notice
The Publisher wishes to retract the precis article “Pitfalls in planning flexibility: Knowledge deficit threat to work-life-balance”, published in Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2016. It has come to the attention of Emerald Publishing that this precis article contains large sections of unattributed text taken from the original research article “Bringing the ‘right to request’ flexible working arrangements to life: from policies to practices”, by Rae Cooper, Marian Baird, published in Employee Relations, Vol. 37 No. 5, 2015.
Precis articles are intended to summarise original academic research articles for a different audience, and should not include verbatim passages from the original articles. This error occurred due to a miscommunication in the commissioning process.
To avoid any repeated incidents of this nature, Emerald has fully revised its guidelines and briefed its Commissioning Editors. Human Resource Management International Digest sincerely apologises to the original authors and its readers for this error. The original article can be viewed here: https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-07-2014-0085.
Citation
(2016), "Pitfalls in planning flexibility: Knowledge deficit threat to work-life-balance", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-09-2015-0144
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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