Flexible work is commonly implemented to provide workers with greater discretion to accommodate competing demands. While investigated at the individual and organizational levels, less is known about whether national cultures of flexible work are associated with workers’ ability to match their desired to actual work hours. Applying data from the 2005 International Social Survey Programme (n = 19,134 from 32 nations), we investigate whether workers in countries where flexible work is more common report better work-time compatibility, job quality, and job satisfaction. Paying careful attention to gender and parental status, we find that mothers are more likely to report working their desired hours in countries with more expansive flexible work. Women and mothers also occupy more satisfying jobs in countries with more expansive flexible work. Finally, all workers report working in higher quality jobs and preferences for less than full-time work in countries with more expansive flexible work offerings. Our results highlight the benefits to national-level flexible work across multiple measures of work quality.

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妈妈们从弹性工作中受益吗？工作时间、工作质量和满意度的跨国证据

弹性工作制通常用于为工人提供更大的自由裁量权，以适应竞争性需求。虽然在个人和组织层面进行了调查，但人们对灵活工作的国家文化是否与工人将其期望的工作时间与实际工作时间相匹配的能力知之甚少。应用 2005 年国际社会调查计划的数据（来自 32 个国家的 n = 19,134），我们调查了灵活工作更普遍的国家的工人是否报告了更好的工作时间兼容性、工作质量和工作满意度。仔细关注性别和父母身份，我们发现母亲更有可能在弹性工作范围更广的国家报告他们想要的工作时间。在弹性工作范围更广的国家，妇女和母亲也从事更令人满意的工作。最后，所有工人都报告称，他们从事的工作质量更高，并且更喜欢在提供更广泛的灵活工作机会的国家从事非全职工作。我们的结果突出了国家级灵活工作在多种工作质量衡量标准中的好处。