Chapter 6: Women’s Intentions And Flexible Work Arrangements: Evidence From the Far Southeastern Corner of the EU

This study extends research on women and employment by exploring the perceptions, attitudes, and intentions of unemployed women towards flexible work arrangements (FWAs). We develop and validate empirically, through group interviews, a conceptual framework suggesting that the interactions of different factors influence the intentions of women to adopt FWAs and their career aspirations. Women’s intentions to work under FWAs, and aspirations, differ depending on each FWA as well as the family, personal and organizational factors relevant to them. Results raise issues about the employability of women through FWAs in a complex society and the need for policy at the organizational and the national levels.