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The Organization Of Working Hours Of Selected Employee Categories In Czech Businesses

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  • Hana Urbancová
  • Miroslava Navrátilová

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In the current dynamic working environment, the adaptation of working hours is an important instrument for supporting the work and performance of all groups of employees. It also serves as an instrument that encourages their identification with the company. The aim of this article is to identify and evaluate the utilization of individual methods of work organization among selected groups of employees in Czech companies across the gamut of the business sector. The analysed data comes from a quantitative questionnairebased survey (n=315). The results show that in the Czech companies, flexitime is most frequent among regular employees (51.7%) and graduates up to 30 years old (24.1%). A reduced work schedule is most frequently used by mothers with children and senior citizens (41.3%, 27%) and as part-time work among students (41%). The use of flexible working hours is an instrument of diversity management and builds the company brand through enlisting the cooperation of different groups of employees.

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  • Hana Urbancová & Miroslava Navrátilová, 2016. "The Organization Of Working Hours Of Selected Employee Categories In Czech Businesses," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, vol. 61(211), pages 99-116, October -.
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    Keywords

    Organization of Working Hours; employees; competitive advantage; diversity management; organizations; survey;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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