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Flexible Working Practices: Urgency or Future?
International Business School, the Hague, Netherlands
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Abstract
With the prevalence of COVID-19 , flexible working practices ha ve gain ed wider appliance ever before. This paper has three objectives. First, it seeks to develop a theoretical framework that encompasses the roots of gaining popularity of FWAs, its essence and aims, and range of practical approaches to flexibility. Second, it sheds light on the outcomes of practical use of flexibility into workplaces. Third, it introduces challenges of FW on managers and supervisors.
KeywordsFlexible Working PracticesPart-Time WorkingJob SharingTelecommuting/Mobile WorkplaceCompressed Work Week
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