Flexible work arrangement is a growing concept in today’s organizations. Lot of organizations are using this for various purposes. It can either be used to increase the level of job satisfaction among employees or allow them maintain balance between work and life. This also lets employees to manage stress at workplace and offer them some freedom in the working arrangement. This study analyses the benefits of flexible work arrangements for different gender. A thoughtful analysis has been done to know the preference of employees belonging to above sectors. This study will be helpful for the organizations who are seeking to find out which factors lead to decision of flexi work arrangements. The study is conducted on IT and education sector employees considering males and females separately. A structured questionnaire is used to obtain data from 200 respondents equally divided over these sectors. Mean square analysis and ANOVA are applied to achieve the objectives of the study. The results of study show that male employees from IT sector prefer telecommuting while males of education sector like to have flexitime work arrangements. On the other hand, females in IT sector finds a compressed work week a choice over available options, whereas female educationists prefer part time work arrangements.
Flexible work arrangement, Telecommuting, Compresses work week, Part time arrangement, Flexi time, Work-life balance, Employee preference
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