Empirical Study of the Impact of Flexitime schedules on the Motivation of IT Employees at a German Firm

Flextime schedules or arrangements, having originated in Germany, have been adopted and included in many organizations’ policies in many firms worldwide. The schedules have been extended and modified over the years in diverse organizations to comply with the needs of the organization implementing the flextime schedules. This empirical study investigates the impact of 5 types of flextime schedules on employee motivation from the employee perception. The types of flextime schedules are "One day in the week home-office", "One family day in the month", "Career break in the year", "Bonus vacation" and "Free happy hour in the week".