Conceptualizing Employee Empowerment through Flexible Working

Abstract

This paper analysis and reports the empowerment through flexible working options in organizations.  Paper examines the relationship between flexible working schedules and empowerment among employees, looks at how flexible working are source of empowerment. Empowering employees to participate in organizational decision making and their day to day activities can improve organizations performance, quality and quantity of work, team working, Job satisfaction and reduce turnover. Flexible working improves the life and well-being of employees as Flexible working provides opportunity to make their working schedules.  Any form of empowerment results in taking on workers more responsibilities and flexible working is one of the intentions of empowerment and encouragements. In many organizations managers and owners are trying to answer a question how to empower the employees. Flexible working is the most common and powerful tool through which managers can empower the employees within organizations.  This paper concludes how different flexible working options might have effect on employee empowerment. Access to flexible working is the key to empowerment, self-confident and dignity of the employees.

Keywords: Flexible Working, Empowerment, Employees