AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF FLEXI-WORK SCHEDULE AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION WITH A MEDIATING ROLE OF OORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR IN CONTEMPORARY WORK ENVIRONMENT.

Humeera Khursheed; Nowshiba; Insha Fayaz; S A Mufeed

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.5251

Authors

Humeera Khursheed Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Nowshiba Research Scholar, Department of Management studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Insha Fayaz Research Scholar, Department of Management studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
S A Mufeed Professor and Former Director & Dean of The Business School, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.5251

Keywords:

Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB), Flexi-time, Employee Retention , Hybrid work environment, Work from home, Work from office.

Abstract [English]

The new age work environment is changing and since the advent of covid -19, corporates have changed the way they function like working in hybrid mode, work from home, flexi timings etc, many organisations have adopted work from home or blended process permanently. In the present competitive business world, characterized with intense competition, changing employee aspirations and performance driven culture at workplaces has forced organization to be more competitive and adaptive towards their business practices. Organization citizenship behavior (OCB) is considered important as it fosters social relationships for strengthening employee retention, and also to check in present times if the organisations are designing work as per the flexibility of employees.
The objective of the current study is to assess the effect of flexi-time on employee retention with the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and to see how it relates in contemporary work environment. Moreover, the focus will be to examine the perception of employees in various organisations towards existing flexible working schedule, OCB and employee retention. The study will target 150 employees working in Online, Offline or hybrid mode. in various multinational corporations within India using convenient sampling technique. The participants are full time employees of the organization. Moreover, SPSS 20 Version has been used to assess the perceptual differences of employees across demographic variables towards the Flexi-time schedule, employee retention & OCB in various organisations. The findings of the study will have greater implications for management in implementing favourable practices in context of flexi working schedule, OCB and employee retention which will further enhance better management practices for employee overall effectiveness in general and overall competitive advantage for organizations in particular.

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