The Impact of Perceived Workplace Flexibility on Shaping Employee Voice and Mitigating Work-Family Conflict

Abstract

Flexible work arrangements are the choice of maximum organizations and employees after pandemic. Workplace flexibility gives employees to lead full lives after office hours, maintaining personal and professional lives better. The concept Perceived flexibility at all related to flexibility in policies and employee is aware that availability of policies can easily balance their work and family. Growing organizations are looking for skilled and engaged employees and retaining such employees requires new work structures and policies for flexi working. The study seeks to provide insights into how flexible work arrangements can impact employee ability to express their voice and manage their work and family goals effectively. This is an empirical research where 200 respondents working across various banking and financial institutions in Maharashtra filled the survey questionnaire which further, analysed through SEM to know relationships between variables. Research signifies Perceived workplace flexibility significantly impact work to family conflict and the employee voice within financial institutions. There is wider exploration gap regarding perceived workplace flexibility concept. Also, in Financial Institutions less research has been done for workplace flexibility impact on employee voice and work to family conflict.

Keywords: Workplace Flexibility (WF), Perceived workplace flexibility (PWF), Employee voice (EV), Employee choice, Fexi time, Flexi place, Work to Family Conflict (WFC).

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