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Job flexibility and job satisfaction among Mexican professionals: a socio-cultural explanation

Miguel A. Baeza (Tarleton State University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
Jorge A. Gonzalez (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA)
Yong Wang (West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA)

Employee Relations

ISSN: 0142-5455

Article publication date: 19 June 2018

Issue publication date: 8 August 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study how job flexibility influences job satisfaction among Mexican professionals, and focus on the role of key socio-cultural moderators relevant to Mexican society.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper explore how this relationship may be more important for women, employees with dependents such as children and elder parents and younger generations of professionals (e.g. Millennials).

Findings

The authors find that job flexibility is positively related to job satisfaction. This relationship is stronger for employees without dependents, as well as for younger generations of professionals (e.g. Millennials). Surprisingly, the relationship between job flexibility and job satisfaction does not differ by gender. The findings explain why job flexibility is more conductive to job satisfaction for employees without dependents, who tend to belong to younger generations.

Originality/value

Overall, the findings present important implications for managing job flexibility in Mexico and other Latin American countries, particularly for younger professionals.

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Citation

Baeza, M.A., Gonzalez, J.A. and Wang, Y. (2018), "Job flexibility and job satisfaction among Mexican professionals: a socio-cultural explanation", Employee Relations, Vol. 40 No. 5, pp. 921-942. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-12-2016-0236

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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