Syfte: Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för hur organisationer kan arbeta med flexibla arbetsformer. Vi vill belysa vilka konsekvenser som kan uppstå med flexibla arbetsformer och hur de påverkar organisationer. Vi önskar även att fylla gapet vi uppmärksammat i forskningen kring flexibla arbetsformer ur ett organisatoriskt perspektiv.      Metod: Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ studie med en induktiv ansats som behandlar fenomenet flexibla arbetsformer ur ett organisatoriskt perspektiv. Datainsamlingen för studien har skett genom sju kvalitativa intervjuer på Kalmar kommun.   Slutsats: Slutsatsen av studien har visat att organisationer arbetar med flexibla arbetsformer utifrån olika förutsättningar delvis i form av; tekniska förutsättningar, ständig förändring av arbetsmarknaden, konkurrens samt de anställdas förutsättningar. Genomförandet av studien har det även bidragit till att vi har kunnat identifiera både positiva och negativa konsekvenser som kan uppstå för organisationer som använder sig av flexibla arbetsformer. En positiv konsekvens som vi har kommit fram till är att organisationen blir en attraktiv arbetsgivare. En negativ konsekvens är att anställda kan ha en svårighet att balansera privatliv och arbetsliv, vilket i sin tur påverkar organisationen i form av sjukfrånvaro och produktionsbortfall.

Background: Today ’s organizations receive increasing pressure from society and workers to maintain good work life balance. Flexible working arrangement is one of the HRM policies to improve employee’s work performance, job satisfaction and retention. Prior discussion still does not find the clear result on the positive effect of FWAs. Due to the administrative burdens, many organizations, especially SMEs are still hesitant to introduce such policies. In this study, the authors examine the effects on FWAs on employee’s improved engagement. The study will take a form of replicative study, and focus is on leader endorsement and feeling of respect in relation to leader prototypicality. Moreover, different circumstances of informal FWA based on size of the organization is explored. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to make contribution to create a cumulative knowledge on FWA studies by testing the generalization of a prior study. The result of this study will ultimately have an implication for how organizations may benefit from allowing their employees to have access to FWAs. Methodology:In this study, the authors use statistical approach to test the effect of FWA on employee’s improved feelings and the leader endorsement in relation to leader prototypicality. The research approach, measures, method and model are designed to be exactly same as Koivisto and Rice, (2016) however one change in research context is made, which is number of employees in the company. Conclusion: The result of the study shows that FWA allowance may not have significant influence on subordinates’ feeling of respect and leader endorsement. This implies the difficulty for leaders to use FWA as a tool to influence employee commitment on shared goal. Moreover, difference between prior finding indicates that FWA study may need to be separated for different size of the company. / <p></p><p></p>

Flexibla arbetssätt som i distansarbete, flexibla arbetstider och frihet över genomförande av arbetet är något som blivit vanligare på företag och därför är det intressant att undersöka närmare om fenomenet flexibelt arbete. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad anställdas uppfattning är gällande motiven till att företag inför ett flexibelt arbetssätt och vad anställdas uppfattning är gällande hur produktiva de upplever sig vara i sitt arbete med ett flexibelt arbetssätt. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes baserad på 12 semistrukturerade intervjuer av chefer, HR-personal och övriga anställda på tre IT-intensiva företag i Sverige: Ericsson, Spotify och Hyper Island. Som komplement till intervjuerna gjordes en mindre observation av respektive arbetsplats. Studien visar att för merparten av de anställda upplevde införandet av flexibla arbetssätt som något positivt. Det möjliggjorde för dem att skapa en bättre balans mellan arbetets och privatlivets krav och villkor. Anställda ansåg att införandet av flexibla arbetssätt var motiverat både av personalhänsyn och verksamhetsintressen. Vi fann att informanterna upplevde att det flexibla arbetet bidrar till att öka deras produktivitet i arbetet på lång sikt men det ibland minskar anställdas produktivitet i arbetet på kort sikt. Utifrån informanternas upplevelser verkar det finnas ekonomiska bakomliggande motiv till införandet av det flexibla arbetssättet då det leder till minskade kostnader och ökad lönsamhet. / It is more common that companies introduce flexible working arrangements such as teleworking, flexible times and freedom over how to plan and carry out duties and therefore it is interesting to examine this phenomenon more closely. The objectives of this study is to investigate employees view on what they think are the companies’ motives to having flexible working arrangements and how the employees experience the flexible working arrangements affects their productivity in their work. A qualitative investigation was conducted based on 12 semi-structured interviews of managers, HR employees and other employees at three IT-intensive companies in Sweden: Ericsson, Spotify and Hyper Island. An observation of each workplace was made to complete the interviews. The results show that for most of the employees, the introduction of flexible working arrangements was experienced as something positive, which enabled them to create a better work-life balance. Employees felt that the introduction of flexible working arrangements was justified by both employee considerations and business interests. We found that the employees experienced that the flexible working arrangements generally increased their productivity in their work in the long term, but sometimes made them less productive in the short therm. Regarding the employees` experience there seems to be economic underlying reasons for companies to introduce flexible working arrangements as it reduces costs and leads to increased profitability.

The diploma work addresses the Work-Life Balance concept and identifies the various tools that can help to successfully balance work and personal life. Alternative work arrangements and the actual implementation in the Czech Republic and abroad are introduced. It focuses on the availability of child care facilities, maternity and parental leave and on the reintegration of parents into the work process. The analytical part examines the extent of the support offered by financial institutions for the harmonization of work and personal life. Programmes from selected institutions are presented as well as an analysis of employee job satisfaction in these companies conducted via a survey.

This thesis deals with possibilities the employees have when they are returning to work from maternity or parental leave. The theoretical part of the thesis analyzes different flexible working arrangements in the czech labour market and current legislation for maternity and parental leave. The practical part is focused on a comparison among selected european countries in flexible working arrangements and formal childcare for children under three years of age and from three years to the minimum compulsory school age. Also discussed is the current situation in two surveyed companies. The main objective is to confirm or disprove the stated hypotheses and create suggestions which have a positive affect on an early return from maternity and parental leave for companies and government.

The subject of this thesis is Work-Life Balance - the reconciliation of professional and personal lives. The primary objective of this work is to analyze employee satisfaction in achieving a balance between the professional and personal life and to develop recommendations for employer on that basis. The theoretical portion of this work defines the issues surrounding Work-Life Balance and tools that employees can use to harmonize the two with an analysis of applications in the Czech Republic and across the European Union. The practical portion of the study analyzes employee satisfaction in real-world cases. On the basis of both components, the study offers recommendations for policy improvements to foster better Work-Life Balance.

This diploma thesis deals with use of alternative work arrangements. It introduces the topic of job flexibility and alternative work arrangements. It focuses mainly on the use of four main alternative work arrangements as provided by the International Labour Organization, which are: temporary employment, part-time work, temporary agency work and self-employment. The text compares data regarding these four alternative work arrangements in the European Union. The thesis also includes a qualitative research carried out in big organizations in Prague that assesses what forms of alternative work arrangements do they use, what are the reasons for opting for some of the alternative work arrangements in an organization and it identifies the most beneficial alternative work arrangements, applicant groups and job positions that the alternative work arrangements are used for the most. KEY WORDS labour market flexibility, non-standard employment, flexible working arrangements, temporary employment, part-time work, temporary agency work, self-employment