Highlights
- •Flexible work arrangements remove barriers to career advancement, promote well-being and reduce burnout.
- •Flexible work arrangements by default give employees options to choose from and their choice can change over time.
- •Working from home is here to stay mainly in a hybrid style, allowing employees to work from home 1 to 3 days a week.
- •Negotiating workloads and work-life balance can have a significant role in improving women's long-term career prospects.
- •Encouraging men to take parental time off will reduce stereotypes about women's lower productivity.
Abstract
There is an ongoing trend in the direction of flexible work arrangements in which
employees can decide where and when to work. Multiple studies have demonstrated a
significant decrease in associated job-related stress, improved job satisfaction,
job autonomy, and collaboration when flexible work arrangements exist. However, some
have reported increased workload and home spillover to work.1 The American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR) convened a panel of radiologist
presenters with diverse backgrounds who shared their own experiences with flexible
work arrangements at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2021 Scientific
Assembly and Annual Meeting. This manuscript summarizes the discussion and reviews
various aspects of workplace flexibility.
The RSNA 2021 AAWR-sponsored panel on workplace flexibility reviewed the current state
of different work arrangements available for radiologists and addressed future strategies
for implementing workplace flexibility. The panelists addressed the imperatives and
key factors for the availability of diverse opportunities and ways to foster future
opportunities. Matters discussed included differences in the availability of flexible
work arrangements in the healthcare system compared to other industries, normalizing
flexible work arrangements at the organization level, underutilization of currently
available flexible work arrangements, part-time positions and stigma associated with
them, thriving in a part-time capacity, workplace flexibility options for radiology
residents and fellows and successfully implementing workplace flexibility at institutions.
The panel ended with a call to action to develop toolkits with effective resources
to support implementing flexible workplace opportunities.
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Publication history
Published online: December 01, 2022
Accepted:
November 21,
2022
Received in revised form:
November 9,
2022
Received:
August 21,
2022
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