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Temporal Workplace Flexibility and Associated Work-Life Outcomes for Professionals

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An increasing proportion of workers are dual-earners in professional occupations, actively seeking rewarding, full-time careers while at the same time engaging in satisfying home and personal life. However, the demands of today’s global economic environment often make work-life integration problematic (Hill et al., 2006). One adaptive strategy to deal with work-life conflict is to choose to be flexible about when one works and opting to reduce work hours, especially when demands in the home are great (Allen and Shockley, 2009; Grzywacz, 2009; Voydanoff, 2007). This adaptive strategy is called temporal workplace flexibility.

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The authors thank the Family Studies Center of the BYU School of Family Life for its support of this project. Address correspondence to: E. Jeffrey Hill, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2052 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602 USA (jeff_hill@byu.edu) (801) 422-9091.

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    E. Jeffrey Hill, Sarah June Carroll, Blake L. Jones, Lydia A. Buswell, Tamara A. Fackrell & Adam M. Galovan

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Hill, E.J., Carroll, S.J., Jones, B.L., Buswell, L.A., Fackrell, T.A., Galovan, A.M. (2011). Temporal Workplace Flexibility and Associated Work-Life Outcomes for Professionals. In: Kaiser, S., Ringlstetter, M., Eikhof, D., Pina e Cunha, M. (eds) Creating Balance?. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16199-5_12

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