TY - JOUR
T1 - Flexible work practices
T2 - A source of career premiums or penalties?
AU - Leslie, Lisa M.
AU - Manchester, Colleen F
AU - Park, Tae Youn
AU - Mehng, Si Ahn
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The present research builds theory regarding how use of flexible work practices (FWPs) affects employees' career success. We integrate theory on signaling and attributions and propose that managers interpret employees' use of FWPs as a signal of high or low organizational commitment, depending on whether managers make productivity or personal life attributions, respectively, for employees' FWP use. Managers' perceptions of employees' commitment, in turn, shape employees' career success. Field- and laboratory-based studies provide strong support for the hypothesis that FWP use results in career premiums when managers make productivity attributions and some support for the hypothesis that FWP use results in career penalties when managers make personal life attributions.
AB - The present research builds theory regarding how use of flexible work practices (FWPs) affects employees' career success. We integrate theory on signaling and attributions and propose that managers interpret employees' use of FWPs as a signal of high or low organizational commitment, depending on whether managers make productivity or personal life attributions, respectively, for employees' FWP use. Managers' perceptions of employees' commitment, in turn, shape employees' career success. Field- and laboratory-based studies provide strong support for the hypothesis that FWP use results in career premiums when managers make productivity attributions and some support for the hypothesis that FWP use results in career penalties when managers make personal life attributions.
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U2 - 10.5465/amj.2010.0651
DO - 10.5465/amj.2010.0651
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874038802
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 55
SP - 1407
EP - 1428
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 6
ER -