It requires the presence of the employee in working hours outside the hours specified by the official system. Attendance in the early hours of the morning to avoid exposure to sun and heat and especially in the summer (which may expose the employee to health problems after working in the afternoon), and stay at the site for additional hours when necessary. It also requires staff to embark on field assignments that may extend longer than official working hours. There is no clear system for determining a flexible period of work for field staff, as well as a lack of a clear mechanism for calculating additional work hours and how to compensate staff, which has led some staff to prefer field work to field work and to maintain work efficiency.

Working Hours:

        Working hours are the major factors for flexibility of time. Because it is good chance for employees to work according to his desired hours because employees can perform by living in his comfort zone and he can easily perform his task in effective manners.  The working hours are most important for enhancing the working efficiency in the Royal court of Oman (Schein, 1977)

References of Field work of Evaluating Effects of Time Flexibility upon Work Efficiency in Oman Public Sector:

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Elke Wolf, M. B. (2004). Does Work Time Flexibility Work? An Empirical Assessment of the Efficiency Effects for German Firms. ZEW Center of European economic resaech.

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Mehboob Ullah, M. H. (2017). IMPACT OF TIME FLEXIBILITY ON EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE:A STUDY OF TEACHING FACULTY IN GOVERNMENT COLLEGES OFMANAGEMENT SCIENCES PESHAWAR. City University Research Journal, 206-212.

Schein, V. E. (1977). Impact of flexible working hours on productivity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62(4), , 463–465.