American Employees Admire Working Moms, but Some Resent Flexibility
09 Mai 2007 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Mother's Day is May 13, and according to Adecco USA's latest
Workplace Insights survey, 59 percent of working men age 35-44 say
flexibility for working mothers causes some resentment amongst
coworkers. Though overall most adult workers (67 percent) don't
think working moms receive more flexibility than other employees,
this negative attitude and perception towards working moms is
something corporate America should take note of. Additional key
findings from the survey: Positive Perceptions on Productivity:
More than 8 out of 10 (82 percent) U.S. workers report that working
moms are just as productive as employees who aren't parents. And 44
percent of moms who work say flextime helps them be more
productive. Flextime Tension: 36 percent of respondents say moms'
flexibility negatively affects team dynamics; and 31 percent say
employee morale is also adversely affected. Admire Abilities: 88
percent of U.S. workers say they admire working moms' ability to
"do it all" when it comes to work and family. "Mother's Day is an
excellent time to celebrate all of the great things mothers do, as
well as recognize their workplace achievements and ability to
successfully juggle home life and career," says Bernadette Kenny,
chief career officer of Adecco. "American workers realize the
abilities working moms possess, but our survey findings show that
employers have some work to do to manage the perceptions and
attitudes many employees have toward the special arrangements
provided to working moms." Managers and business leaders alike can
take several steps to help keep any negativity at bay: Balance
isn't Only for Mom: Give male workers opportunities provided to
their female counterparts. Men today often share, or manage
entirely, home duties. Creating arrangements to allow them to
balance work and career can have a tremendous impact on retention
and productivity. Even if only a few male workers utilize such
programs, promoting these types of opportunities can serve as
internal morale boosters. Document Flexible Arrangements: Have a
written flex policy and post team schedules on your intranet or
make sure that they are front and center for staff to view.
Communicating flextime arrangements helps guarantee employees can
prepare deadlines and priorities accordingly. Keeping teammates in
the know helps the planning and scheduling of projects - and can
help team dynamics. Productivity Counts: Manage those with
flex-schedules so priorities aren't left unattended, thus forcing
others to pick up the slack. Hold weekly check-ins and send around
status updates on key projects so that one person's flexible
schedule doesn't affect overall productivity and deliverables. "Any
flexible work arrangement must meet specific business needs first,
as some jobs are simply not open to much flexibility due to their
inherent nature," states Kenny. "But by taking a holistic look at
how your organization structures programs and communicates them to
employees is a great first step to creating a happy and productive
workforce." Survey Methodology: This survey was conducted online
within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Adecco
USA between April 26 and April 30, 2007 among 1,909 adults (aged 18
and over) who are employed full-time and/or part-time. Figures for
region, age within gender, education, household income and
race/ethnicity were weighted where necessary to bring them into
line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity
score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents� propensity
to be online. With a pure probability sample of 1,909, one could
say with a ninety-five percent probability that the overall results
would have a sampling error of +/- 4 percentage points. Sampling
error for data based on the sub-samples of employed men (n= 921)
and employed women (n= 988) would be higher and would vary.
However, that does not take other sources of error into account.
This online survey is not based on a probability sample and
therefore no theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
Throughout this release, �U.S. workers� or �American workers�
refers to U.S. adults ages 18+ who are employed full-time and/or
part-time (n= 1,909). ADECCO WORLDWIDE: Adecco S.A. is a Global
Fortune 500 company and the world leader in workforce solutions.
The Adecco Group network connects over 700,000 associates with
business clients each day through its network of over 33,000
employees and 6,600 offices in over 70 countries and territories
around the world. Registered in Switzerland, and managed by a
multinational team with expertise in markets spanning the globe,
the Adecco Group delivers an unparalleled range of flexible
staffing and career resources to corporate clients and qualified
associates. ADECCO NORTH AMERICA: Adecco is the workforce solutions
leader in the United States and Canada, with a comprehensive
service offering that includes temporary and contract staffing,
permanent recruitment, outplacement and career services, training
and consulting. Adecco operates the following specialty divisions
in the U.S. and around the world: Adecco Office; Adecco Industrial;
Adecco Engineering & Technical; Adecco Human Capital Solutions;
Adecco Finance; Adecco Legal; Adecco Information Technology; Adecco
Medical & Science; and Adecco Government Solutions. Adecco S.A.
is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH001213860) and listed on the
Swiss Stock Exchange with trading on virt-x (SWX/VIRT-X: ADEN), and
Euronext Paris - Premier March� (EURONEXT: ADE). Additional
information is available at the company�s website at
www.adeccousa.com.
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