Working time flexibility across Europe: a typology using firm‐level data |
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| Authors: | Marcel Kerkhofs Heejung Chung Peter Ester |
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| Affiliation: | 1. OSA Institute for Labour Studies, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;2. Flexicurity Research Programme, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;3. Tilburg University and director of the OSA Institute for Labour Studies, Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Using the European Establishment Survey of Working Times, we derive a typology of firms based on the mix of flexible working time practices they employ. Six flexibility profiles are distinguished, each representing a considerable proportion of establishments. The typology not only differentiates between more and less flexible firms, but also between the focus of the practices firms adopt, stressing that flexibility is not a one‐dimensional concept. We also investigate what firm characteristics are good predictors of the adoption of a certain flexibility profile and how the profiles are related to performance and perceived HRM bottlenecks. |
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