Çalışan annelerin iş-aile çatışmalarının azaltılmasında esnekliğin önemi

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 115 - 124, 20.10.2018

Doruk Uysal İrak

https://doi.org/10.18394/iid.383620

Abstract

Bu çalışmada iki tür esneklik türü olarak zamana ve mekana bağlı esnekliğin, 6 ya da daha
küçük yaşta en az bir çocuğu olan çalışan annelerin iş-aile çatışmalarındaki rolü araştırılmıştır.
Esneklik uygulamalarının rolü daha önceki bazı çalışmalarda ele alınmış olsa da, bu çalışma
Türkiye’de çalışan annelerde farklı esneklik türlerinin karşılaştırılması açısından yeni bir
çalışmadır. Katılımcılardan 15 dakika süren çevrimiçi bir ankete katılmaları istenmiştir.
Araştırmaya 6 ya da daha küçük yaşta en az bir çocuğu olan 150 çalışan anne katılmıştır.
Hipotezleri test etmek için doğrusal regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları iş-aile
çatışmalarında zamana bağlı esnekliğin önemli olduğunu, aile-iş çatışmaların da ise mekansal
esnekliğin daha öncelikli olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu araştırma özellikle insan kaynakları
departmanlarında ve kamu politikaları için faydalı olacağı düşünülen farklı esnek işyeri
uygulamaları arasındaki farka dikkat çekmektedir. Böylece çalışanların yaşadıkları iş-aile
çatışmalarıyla mücadele edebilmek için işyerinde geliştirilebilecek esneklik planlamaları
yapılabilir.

Keywords

Esneklik, İşyerinde esneklik uygulamaları, iş-aile çatışması

Importance of flexibility for decrasing work-family conflict among employed mothers

Abstract

In this study the role of two types of flexibility, based on time and place, on work-family conflict
was investigated among employed women who have at least one child age of 6 or younger.
Although the role of flexibility has been studied in previous studies it is novel to compare types
of flexibility among mothers in Turkey. Participants were asked to complete a 15 minutes online
survey. One hundred and fifty employed mothers who have at least one child age of 6 or
younger were participated. In order to test the hypothesis linear regression analyses were
conducted. Results showed that for work-family conflict, temporal flexibility is important
whereas for family-work conflict operational flexibility is much more important. This study
highlighted the differences between flexible work arrangements which is beneficial for human
resources departments and public policy practices. Therefore, they can consider new plans
which will be developed at workplace for offering flexibility in order to deal with work-family
conflict.

Keywords

flexible work arrangement, work-family conflict, flexibility

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