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In addition to the emergence of job security as a key determinant of perceived teleworking productivity, the role of satisfaction, commitment, work flexibility and management support is also emphasized.
At the interface of the social and the technical, teleworking appears as a flexible arrangement, meeting employees’ and employer’s demands – which is a characteristic of the process of individualization – by simultaneously fragmenting collectivity, exposing individuals to social risk, and producing exclusion.
Overall, the main concluding remark of the study is that teleworking can be a promising tool for urban planning and development, focusing at the traffic volume reduction, and the air quality improvement.
teleworking, flexible workspaces, flexible working hours and ICT support), the innovative capacity of their workforce can be increased and more effectively be tapped.
Employees’ motivations for teleworking are also unclear, as commonly perceived reasons such as commute reduction and family obligations do not appear instrumental.
We propose a multivariate approach that is able to differentiate the various forms of teleworking.
The results indicate that the potential of teleworking is influenced by the manager's perception of teleworking benefits and barriers, the manager's tenure, the company's use of information and communication technologies, the company's degree of innovation, the proportion of salespeople, women and middle-age employees in the workforce, and the company size.
Results showed that males perceived teleworking as enabling improvement in the quality of life and improvement in productivity/reduction of overheads to a greater extent than females.
The last few years have seen a growth in interest in the concept of teleworking, and current predictions suggest that this could become a common mode of working in future.
We find that among teleworking employees, the share of teleworking hours is positively related to the emphasis on output controls.
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Kaye Bentley, Pak Yoong 
01 Oct 2000-Internet Research
63 Citations
The findings of the study indicate that knowledge workers are inclined to use home‐based teleworking as an adjunct to the work done during normal business hours.
Surprisingly, the impact of demographic, attitudes and technological factors are barely observable. Practical implications – The paper has important implications for managers and practitioners to boost teleworking productivity.
This study indicates that, in the majority of cases where teleworking exists, it has been implemented in an ad hoc manner and is largely employee-driven.
Mobility in urban areas could be improved by increased interest of companies and workers to adopt this way of working, but this is necessary to clarify what is teleworking, what forms have and how they can benefit the parties involved, besides indicating weaknesses and how to minimize them.
The findings have implications for the design and promotion of teleworking.