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Management's internal governance policies on flexible work practices and the mediating lens of work life enrichment – Outcome for employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness

Asif Khan (Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Ashfaq Khan (UNE Business School, University of New England, Armidale, Australia)
Tazeem Ali Shah (Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Mohammad Nisar Khattak (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates)
Rawan Abukhait (Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates)

Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance

ISSN: 2051-6614

Article publication date: 4 July 2023

Issue publication date: 28 August 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Using Pakistan's public sector higher education institutions as the study site, this study aims to empirically substantiate, under the theoretical underpinnings of job enrichment theory (Hackman and Oldham, 1976) and Maslow's (1943) theory of the hierarchy of needs, the impact of flexible work practices (FWPs), on employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness, with the mediating lens of work life enrichment.

Design/methodology/approach

Field data were collected at five higher education institutions located in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) of Pakistan, using the convenience sampling technique and analyzed under the quantitative research paradigm.

Findings

This study substantiates with an empirical evidence that flexible work practices (FWPs) have a significant positive impact on both employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness. Markedly, the study findings reveal that the said impact is significantly stronger than that of sabbaticals. Furthermore, the study reveals that the positive relationship is mediated by work life enrichment, signaling its significance in understanding FWP's such impact on employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness.

Practical implications

The study findings provide significant implications for academia, practitioners, and policymakers, in evidence-based recommendations for higher education institutions to design and implement FWPs that are effective in enhancing employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness, and, in turn, leading to improved organizational performance.

Originality/value

This research study provides a novel contribution to the existing literature by exploring the combined impact of flexible work practices on employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness in the peculiar context of Pakistan's public sector higher education institutions. Additionally, the study's focus on the mediating role of work life enrichment further adds to its novelty.

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Citation

Khan, A., Khan, A., Shah, T.A., Nisar Khattak, M. and Abukhait, R. (2024), "Management's internal governance policies on flexible work practices and the mediating lens of work life enrichment – Outcome for employee work engagement and organizational attractiveness", Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 532-552. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-02-2023-0059

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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