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Lower-Wage Workers And Flexible Work Arrangements, Anna Danziger, Shelley Waters Boots
Lower-Wage Workers And Flexible Work Arrangements, Anna Danziger, Shelley Waters Boots
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Workers at all levels within an organization have the need to manage their work and personal/family responsibilities. Much of the past research on workplace flexibility has focused on managerial or professional positions, and thus, higher-wage jobs and workers with higher incomes. But more recently, researchers have begun to investigate the particular challenges of workplace flexibility for workers who do not fit this mold -- specifically, workers who are hourly, receive a lowerwage, or who live in lower-income families. Regardless of how they are defined, workers at the lower end of the wage and income spectrum have some unique workplace flexibility …