FLEXIBILITY AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE – OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

Abstract

Purpose: Flexibility of organizational behavior of employees is most often treated as a homogeneous category, without taking into account differences in its form and scope. However, it should be noted that various forms of flexibility have various consequences. The purpose of this article is to describe the opportunities and threats of flexible behavior in the perspective of the organization and for the work-life balance of employees. Methodology/Approach: The paper presents a deductive model of analysis based on in-depth literature studies in management, psychology and sociology. Findings, Implications/limitations : The first part of the paper outlines the implications of flexibility in general terms identifying them as potential opportunities and threats in the perspective of employees and organizations. Particular attention has been paid to the challenges of contamination of the spheres of life and the resulting conflicts. The second part of the paper discusses the implications of the indicated types of flexibility of organizational behavior of employees. Such variation in description seems to be particularly important from the point of view of the analysis of the consequences, since it allows the identified effects to be assigned to specific categories and thus to be accurately identified.