This event took place in London on the 22nd of May 2017
This workshop brought together internationally renowned scholars from across different disciplines – e.g., economics, sociology, business, organisational studies – and across the world – such as the US, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK, to discuss key emerging themes surrounding flexible working. Each panel will include a policy stakeholder to ensure a more policy oriented discussion.
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Flexible working and gender equality
- Women’s employment patterns after childbirth and the perceived access to and use of flexitime and teleworking – Mariska van der Horst (Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Kent)
- Workplace flexibility and family relationships among working parents – Jaesung Kim (University of Chicago)
- Competing Work-Related Values Impacting Solo Self-Employed Women Knowledge workers’ Career Satisfaction: The Role of Work Autonomy and Time-Spatial Flexibility – Pascale Peters (Associate Professor of HRM, Radbound University Nijmegen)
Flexible working and unintended consequences
- Gender discrepancies in the outcomes of schedule control on overtime hours and income in Germany – Yvonne Lott (Senior Researcher, Hans Boeckler Stiftung)
- Teleworking, overtime and income consequences – Sarra Ben Yamed (Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim)
- Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work – Jon Messenger (Lead for Working Conditions Group, ILO) and Oscar Vargas (Research Officer, Eurofound)
- Matching Employee and Employer Needs for Flexibility– Clare Kelliher (Professor of Work and Organisational Studies, Cranfield Business school)
Flexible working and the importance of workplace culture
- Flexibility stigma and access to flexible work arrangements – Heejung Chung (PI of WAF project, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent)
- Workplace support and flexible working – Laura Den Dulk (Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Working on the frontlines in US Hospitals: Scheduling challenges and turnover intent among housekeepers and dietary service workers- Jennifer Swanberg (Professor of Social Work, University of Maryland)