Role Of Flexible Working and Work from Home on Employee Productivity and Performance: An Empirical Study

Abstract

During the recent years, after going through several studies and research work, it is been observed, that flexible working hours are increasingly becoming important in the workplaces. Most of the companies and organisations are offering flexible working hours or work from home to their employees due to numerous benefits that flexibility gives to both the employee and employer. Therefore, there are many common benefits that lead towards greater level of employee productivity and higher organisational performance. Reduction in stress levels and increase in their well-being are some of the major outcomes of flexible working conditions. Adoption of flexible working and work from home has influenced the employee productivity and their performance in number of ways which will be discussed below in the further context. By providing, such conditions to an employee by an employer will also help them to better balance their both personal and professional lives. This study will provide some insights on how digital technology has enabled increase towards work from home arrangements. At the end, the present paper is going to be helpful to different organisations and companies and lead them to consider work from home as one of their work arrangements.