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Flextime Association with Job Satisfaction, Work Productivity, Motivation & Employees Stress Levels

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Abstract

It has been observed that the concept of flextime is very useful but it has not been understood & utilized by many organizations till date in United Arab Emirates. The flextime concepts is suitable to those employees who are willing to work in flexible work shifts with suitable work timings .This research is focused on finding out a relationship between flextime & employee productivity , job satisfaction, work productivity ,motivation & reduction in the stress levels of the employees .There is a good scope for implementing flextime in United Arab Emirates since many such jobs that can be done with flexibility in the work timings are available in the organizations(both in the manufacturing & service oriented industries). To test the Hypothesis the researcher used (ANOVA) linear regression test which show the relationship between independent variable (flextime) and the dependent variable (job satisfaction, work productivity,, motivation & stress levels).The researcher has used frequency table for analysis of the demographic factors & has done the mean & standard deviation analysis. The researcher has used the Pearson correlation test to check the validity of the research questionnaire.

DOI 10.11648/j.jhrm.20130101.12
Published in Journal of Human Resource Management (Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2013)
Page(s) 9-14
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Flextime, Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Productivity, Work Stress

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