Alternative work arrangements and perceived career success: Current evidence from the big four firms in the US
Abstract —Alternative work arrangements and perceived career success: Current evidence from the big four firms in the US
This study examines the influences of alternative work arrangements (AWAs), subordinate gender, and supervisor attitudes and beliefs regarding AWAs on performance evaluation judgments in public accounting. One hundred and forty-two experienced professionals from two US Big Four firms evaluated a hypothetical subordinate’s performance in an experimental setting. Results indicated that subordinate gender and AWA participation were significantly related to supervisors’ perceptions of the subordinate’s career success. The authors also find that individual differences in supervisors’ attitudes and beliefs regarding AWAs are systematically related to their performance evaluation judgments, and indicate that cultural support for AWAs is not uniform among experienced Big Four professionals. Further, the association between these attitudes and beliefs and performance evaluation judgments are consistent with an organizational justice interpretation of AWA use. Implications of these results for the Big Four’s work-life balance initiatives in the US are discussed.
- Author(s)
- Eric N. Johnson, D. Jordan Lowe, Philip M.J. Reckers
- Year of publication
- January, 2008
- Journal
- Accounting, Organizations and Society
- Volume, Number
- 33, 1
- Pages
- 48-72
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Direct
- Language
- English