| Abstract [eng] |
Due to the steadily declining numbers of economically active residents in Lithuania, organizations are facing challenges in order to attract and retain qualified employees. This leads that most of the time, it is not the employer, but the employee who chooses a workplace that is acceptable to him. In addition, employee’s feels empowered to demand working conditions, which are often related to flexible work. The changing needs are influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic, political decisions, the changing nature of work and rapidly developed technologies. The object of this thesis is evaluation of flexible work forms among different generations employees. The aim of this thesis is to reveal the attitude of different generations employees to flexible working forms. The purpose of this project is to fullfil thesis tasks: to submit concept of flexible work and flexible work forms in a theoretical context, identify the characteristics of the different (X, Y and Z) generations, and to conduct a study how different generations employees evaluates flexible work forms. The analysis of scientific literature revealed that flexible work has been always important, but in modern society, it takes on a completely different meaning and becomes an essential part of the future labor market. Flexible work can be understood as the method / form / model of organizing work, as an opportunity to make a decision when / where / how to organize work or as part of the organization's work policies and practices. There are two forms of flexible work, which are most often mentioned by researchers: flexible workplace (flexiplace) and flexible working time (flexitime). Knowing the characteristics of flexible working time and flexible workplace, as well as the characteristics of different generations, it is not possible to single out one generation for which flexible work would be naturally ideal. It can be observed that each generation has its own characteristics, which can be evaluated both as advantages and as disadvantages in the context of flexible work forms. The empirical research has shown that all generations (X, Y and Z) have a positive attitude towards flexible working and flexible working hours, and agree with only a few statements that reflect the negative characteristics of flexible forms of work. Based on survey data all generations would like to have a remote workplace, but do not want to work remotely all the time. It is noted that the generations see the biggest problem with flexible working as the difficulty in meeting the need for communication and the feeling of social exclusion. The younger the generation, the more flexible workplace is preferred and the fewer the disadvantages are noticed. All the different generations (X, Y and Z) see flexitime as positive thing, and would like to be able to work flexible hours. The biggest challenge for flexible working time seen by all generations is to maintain and develope organisational culture. The younger the generation, the more they would like to have flexible time agreements and the greater they agree that flexible working arrangements can help organisations address the shortage of highly skilled employees. |
