Balanced Workplace Flexibility: Avoiding the Traps
识别了实施工作场所灵活性时可能出现的三种陷阱(改变的工作生活动态、降低的公平感知和弱化的组织文化),并为管理者提供了实现平衡灵活性的核心教训。
This article identifies three types of traps that can emerge when implementing workplace flexibility—altered work-life dynamics, reduced fairness perceptions, and weakened organizational culture—and provides core lessons for managers seeking a balanced flexibility approach. First managers must become flex savvy to understand the variation that exists in flexibility practices to align implementation with the workforce and organizational context. Second, implementing flexibility must not be treated as an accommodation but as a broader systemic organizational change empowering individuals and teams. The article provides a Work-smart case to highlight how to avoid traps and implement balanced workplace flexibility across multiple stakeholder interests.