Handbook of Management Scales/Schedule flexibility

Schedule flexibility (alpha = 0.78) Description The authors develop and validate a 16-item measure of i-deals negotiated by job incumbents across four content domains: task and work responsibilities, schedule flexibility, location flexibility and financial incentives. Definition Idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) are "mutually beneficial, personalized agreements of a nonstandard nature that are negotiated between individual employees and their employers". The schedule flexibility dimension is associated with when employees do their jobs. Items My supervisor considers my personal needs when making my work schedule. (0.83) At my request, my supervisor has accommodated my off-the-job demands when assigning my work hours. (0.75) Outside of formal leave and sick time, my supervisor has allowed me to take time off to attend to non-work-related issues. (0.61) Source Rosen et al. (2013): Let’s Make a Deal: Development and Validation of the Ex Post I-Deals Scale. Journal of Management, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 709–742 Comments The scale was tested across three samples; it can, thus, be assumed that it is valid and reliable.