Effects Of Flexible Working Arrangement On Job Satisfaction The Case Of Ethiopian National Employees Of The United Nations Economic Commission For Africa In Addis Ababa
The rapid trend of changes and social issues in managing the global taskforce have forcedrnorganizations to look for innovative ways of enhancing the job satisfaction of employees.rnAmong these innovative approach is provision of flexible working arrangements (FWAs).rnThe purpose of this exploratory research was to identify the effects of FWAs, i.e.,rnflextime schedule, compressed workweek and telecommuting on job satisfaction from thernperspective of the Ethiopian national employees of the United Nations EconomicrnCommission for Africa in Addis Ababa. To achieve this objective both descriptive andrninferential statistics were conducted. The total population of the study was 250; out ofrnwhich 71% were collected. A primary data collection method was implemented using arnstructured questionnaire. The analysis showed that there is significant positive effect ofrnflextime schedule (R = .39, R2 = .264, p = .001) and compressed workweek (R = .39, R2 =rn.159, p = .398). This means that increase in the use of flextime schedule and compressedrnworkweek enhances employees’ job satisfaction of the UNECA in Addis Ababa. Thernindependent variables reported R =.39 and R2 = .15 which means that 15% ofrncorresponding variations in employee job satisfaction can be explained by flexiblernworking arrangements. Nevertheless, this study found out that there are no significantrnrelationship of telecommuting (β=.065, p=.398) on job satisfaction. Therefore, since thernprovision of FWAs is at nascent stage, further studies on the effect of telecommuting onrnjob satisfaction from Ethiopian employees context are highly recommended