Transforming Financial Freedom through Hybrid Work: A Narrative Literature Review in the Philippine Context
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https://doi.org/10.7719/jpair.v65i1.1018Keywords:
Social Science, Business research, hybrid work, narrative literature review, PhilippinesDisciplines:
Human Resource Management (HRM), Organizational ManagementAbstract
Hybrid work has become a defining organizational strategy in the post-pandemic era, blending remote and onsite tasks to provide flexibility, autonomy, and resilience. While much of the scholarship has emphasized productivity and work-life balance, emerging literature highlights the financial implications of hybrid arrangements. This study employed a narrative literature review to synthesize global and Philippine research on how hybrid work influences employees’ financial empowerment. The review examined five dimensions: commuting cost reduction, improved budgeting behavior, enhanced autonomy, greater perceived financial control, and long-term financial freedom. Findings indicate that reduced commuting costs yield immediate savings, often redirected toward household needs, debt reduction, and investments. Flexible work arrangements foster budgeting discipline by stabilizing expenses and reducing impulse spending. Autonomy strengthens self-efficacy and confidence in financial decision-making, while comparative studies show hybrid employees report higher levels of perceived financial control than onsite workers. Sustained exposure consolidates these benefits into long-term empowerment, reinforcing cultural values of family and community support in the Philippine context. This review contributes new knowledge by integrating global and Philippine perspectives, offering one of the first comprehensive syntheses on hybrid work’s financial impacts. Organizations should align hybrid policies with financial literacy programs to maximize empowerment outcomes.
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