@article{2019:schmoll:working_an,
title = {Working Anywhere, Anytime: An Experimental Investigation of Workplace Flexibility's Influence on Organizational Attraction},
year = {2019},
note = {Offering workplace flexibility to attract new talent has become a
strategic issue for many organizations. Workplace flexibility provides
employees with the autonomy to choose when and where to perform their
work. Even though there is some evidence of its positive influence on
organizational attraction, research that differentiates the influence
of temporal and spatial flexibility is lacking, leaving their separate
and joint effects largely unclear. Furthermore, whether the principle
of distribution influences this relationship is also unclear. Drawing
on signaling theory, we perform an experimental study that helps to
clarify how workplace flexibility influences organizational
attraction. We conduct a randomized vignette-based experiment (N=334)
that manipulates temporal flexibility, spatial flexibility and
equity-based distribution. The results indicate significant main
effects for both dimensions of flexibility, with temporal flexibility
having a stronger influence. For the combination of temporal and
spatial flexibility, we found an additive effect rather than a
significant interaction. The experiment did not detect any evidence
for a moderating role of equity-based distribution. The paper provides
contributions to research and practice. Finally, we discuss our
findings with regard to limitations and make suggestions for future
research.},
journal = {mrev management revue},
pages = {40--62},
author = {Schmoll, René and Süß, Stefan},
volume = {30},
number = {1}
}