Handbook of Management Scales/Schedule flexibility

Schedule flexibility (alpha = 0.78)

Description

The authors develop and validate a 16-item measure of i-deals negotiated by job incumbents across four content domains: task and work responsibilities, schedule flexibility, location flexibility and financial incentives.

Definition

Idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) are "mutually beneficial, personalized agreements of a nonstandard nature that are negotiated between individual employees and their employers".

The schedule flexibility dimension is associated with when employees do their jobs.

Items

• My supervisor considers my personal needs when making my work schedule. (0.83)
• At my request, my supervisor has accommodated my off-the-job demands when assigning my work hours. (0.75)
• Outside of formal leave and sick time, my supervisor has allowed me to take time off to attend to non-work-related issues. (0.61)

Source

• Rosen et al. (2013): Let’s Make a Deal: Development and Validation of the Ex Post I-Deals Scale. Journal of Management, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 709–742

Comments

The scale was tested across three samples; it can, thus, be assumed that it is valid and reliable.