Working time arrangements are key elements of working conditions and determine the possibilities for employees to … balance work with their other life spheres. Therefore, this paper examines the level of working time satisfaction of employees … and identifies the factors that may facilitate or impede satisfaction with working time using crosssectional data from the …

Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive … literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model … of optimal choice of hours by a firm I show that working time account does not necessarily guarantee lower turnover …

Modern working societies face the challenge to combine the establishments' with the employees' needs for working-time …, underlining the power of employers with regard to working-time flexibility. Employee characteristics play the least important role …-determined working hours and flexitime within a working hours account. The study provides evidence that working-time flexibility in …

Allowing workers to control their work hours (working-time autonomy) is a controversial policy for worker empowerment …, supports neither view. Recent studies find that working-time autonomy improves individual and firm performance without … promoting overload or exhaustion from work. However, if working-time autonomy is incorporated into a system of family …

This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German … important performance indicators and working time accounts are analyzed. OLS estimates, Lewbel's instrumental estimator and IV … working time accounts. No significant effects of working time accounts can be detected on wages, the number of employees and …