Studying the Effect of Flexible Work Hours for Women on Family Welfare with the Islamic Approach (Case Study: Married Women Employed in Higher Education Institutions in Tabriz)

Elmira Ashkan / PhD student of Islamic economics, Tabriz Uni     elmiraashkan360@yahoo.com

@Mohammad Ali Motafakker Azad / Professor of Economics, Tabriz Uni                           m.motafakker@gmail.com

Mohammad Reza Salmani Beheshk / Assistant Professor of Economics, Tabriz Uni
                                                                                                            mrsalmani_2005@yahoo.com

Reza Ranjpur / Associate Professor of Economics, Tabriz Uni            rranjpour@yahoo.com

Parviz Mohammadzadeh / Professor of Economics, Tabriz Uni                    pmpmohamadzadeh@gmail.com

Received: 2018/10/14 - Accepted: 2019/02/17

Abstract

Women's employment is one of the major economic issues that is of interest to economic, social and political thinkers. In the opinion of the experts, the employment of women with fixed and long work hours causes physical and mental harms, and affects the welfare of the family. This research seeks to answer the question of the impact of flexible work hours for women on the welfare of the family in the Islamic sense. For data collection, a questionnaire was used in the winter 1396 and spring 1397. The analysis of results was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and simple and multiple linear regression. The statistical population of this study included all the married female employees of higher education institutions located in Tabriz city, 260 of whom were selected using stratified random sampling by separate universities. The results indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between the flexibility of women's work hours and family well-being.

Keywords: Women's employment, Flexible work hours, Family welfare, Islamic economics.

JEL: C83, I23, I31, J08, J81.