The When Work Works initiative is grounded in the results of rigorous research on workplace effectiveness and flexibility, which reveals that when flexibility is used as a tool to help business and employees, both can win.

Families and Work Institute conducts nationally representative studies of employees and employers. These studies find that flexibility is a critical component of workplace effectiveness—just as important as better-known components of workplace effectiveness, including challenging and meaningful work, learning opportunities, job autonomy, input into management decision making and supervisor and co-worker support for job success.

Research finds that employees in effective and flexible workplaces are more likely to be engaged in helping their organizations succeed, more likely to be satisfied with their jobs, more likely to stay with their employer and more likely to be in better mental health.

For more research findings on workplace flexibility and effectivenes, click the links above.

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