Het Nieuwe Werkethos: Een studie naar de samenhang tussen Het Nieuwe Werken en werkethos

Abstract

In this study we examined the association between aspects of New Ways of Working and work ethics. The aspects include telework and autonomy in work hours. Hypotheses were derived from the social exchange theory of Blau (1964) and from findings of previous literature. We used the second wave of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (2006-2007), which contains 2847 respondents, to test our hypotheses. The results show a positive association between telework and work ethics and a positive association between autonomy in work hours and work ethics. We did not find differences in strength of the association between telework and autonomy in work hours. Moreover, no gender differences were found in this study. Although New Ways of Working is a popular concept in the Netherlands, not much research had focused on the association between New Ways of Working and work ethics. This study can contribute to a better understanding of the New Ways of Working in the Netherlands.