Muhammad Waseem Shah, Pirzada Khattak and Muhammad Hammad Shah
This study concentrated on proposed hypothetical model to explore the link between flexible working hours, psychological empowerment and team performance of project based organizations in Pakistan, while observing work engagement in mediating role. The study was carried out by cross-sectional survey among employees and managers of selected organizations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad cities. Sample population consists of 221 employees and data collection was done by the distribution of structured questionnaires through convenience sampling technique. In statistical analysis to draw conclusions the analytical tools such as reliability, correlation, and regression analysis were used. After compilation of results it was observed that there was a positive and significant association between flexible working hours, psychological empowerment, work engagement and team performance of employees. Also, the outcomes of the study supported highly significant mediating role of work engagement on association between flexible working hours-team performance and psychological empowerment-team performance relationships. Work engagement of employees enhances by initiating flex-time and empowering the employees psychologically in an organization. Due to high engagement of employees in their work, team performance increases. The organizations are always in effort for motivating their employees in order to keep them engaged in their work and generate best results regarding their assignments.
