Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuoti Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių lankstaus darbo laiko organizavimo teoriniai aspektai, siekiant atskleisti lankstaus darbo laiko organizavimo motyvacinę reikšmę organizacijų darbuotojams. Remiantis mokslinės literatūros analize, atlikta teorinėje dalyje, įvykdytas įvairių organizacijų darbuotojų požiūrio į lankstų darbo laiką motyvacijos aspektu tyrimas, kurio metu nustatyti motyvaciniai darbuotojų veiksniai bei lankstaus darbo laiko poveikis respondentų motyvacijai lyginant su kitų motyvacinių veiksnių poveikiu. Anketinės apklausos būdu surinkti empirinio tyrimo duomenys leido nustatyti, kad lankstus darbo laikas labiau motyvuoja tik atskirus darbuotojus, pagal individualius jų poreikius ir nėra svarbiausias darbuotojų motyvacinis veiksnys. / This master’s final paper analyzed the Lithuanian and foreign authors of flexible working time arrangements theoretical aspects, in order to reveal flexible working time arrangements motivational significance of workers organizations. Based on literature review, carried out the theoretical part, employees of various organizations committed approach to flexible working time of the motivation aspect of investigation, during which the motivating factors for workers and flexible working time on the motivation of the respondents in relation to other motivational factors. The questionnaires collected by means of the empirical survey data revealed that more flexible working hours only motivates individual employees, according to their individual needs and not the primary motivating factor for employees.

The goal of the thesis was to identify the overall life situation of men on parental leave, decisive factors that led them to take the parental leave and at the same time identification of protective and limiting factors influencing mastering the care for the child from the point of view of men on parental leave. The Introduction states reasons that led me to select the topic and describe the issue and direction of my work more closely. The Theoretical Part is comprised of six chapters describing the issue of family, fatherhood and family policy in general, the current situation of men on parental leave in the Czech Republic and in other European countries and legislative problems connected with it. The Research Part comprises eight case studies focused on the research areas set in advance. The Discussion is then comparison of specialist literature speaking on the subject and of results I collected in the Research Part. The Conclusion sums up the whole work and formulates my opinions about results of my studies. Here, I also mention my findings for potential further research. The basic methods used in my qualitative research were half-structured dialogue and open participant observation. The collected data were elaborated in eight case studies. The research sample of eight men was selected by random systematic selection. The men came from Prague and its surroundings and they were between 32 and 55 years old. The research lasted from June 2008 to April 2009. Results of my work can help to make the decision-making in family more objective in view of real benefit of one of the parents taking the parental leave. Further, the work could help overcome common taboos and find at least partial answers to questions that are new to many men.