The Problem: Increasingly, more and more people are living and working separated from their family and coworkers. As telecommuting starts to become the norm, and families separate across the country and the world, systems that bring people together in a spontaneous way will be needed. We envision these systems to co-exist with people in their current spaces. These devices work to convey presenc...

This paper presents a synchronous telecommuting learning environment named ECHO based on the need to satisfy many pedagogical aspects when dealing with a distance education course hybrid mode delivery system. ECHO, a distributed computer application, is a Collaborative Teleworking Environment that allows for real time transactional and interpersonal communication services via Internet. Numerous...

The purpose of this article is to provide information determine that telecommuting in Ecuador can be used as a measure sustainable transport. Briefly, development described, and certain definitions approaches related transport are covered, for instance, the Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) approach, well Transport Demand Management (TDM), which serve validate from conceptual point view application use...

Telework is the engagement in work outside of a regular office setting by means of the use of information and communication technology (ICT). Findings reported in the literature are mixed with some studies having argued that telework provides workers the opportunity to better balance work and private roles. In contrast others have argued telework blurs the boundaries between work and private li...

Despite the wide dissemination and acceptance of teleworking, there are negative effects for employees. Literature shows that these negative effects of telework lead to undesired outcomes for teleworkers such as teleworkexhaustion. The present research, however, goes one step further by identifying three significant telework-characteristics and hypothesising the relationship between telework-ch...

This paper investigates the relationship between full-time home-based telework and professional career development for knowledge workers. Based on the influence of full-time homebased teleworking on factors that determine for professional career development it is argued that for a knowledge worker’s career in a certain stage it is or is not advisable to participate in home-based teleworking on ...

In this paper, we develop a model of the operating cost in a teleworking organization and describe the components and the changes of the operating costs. Then we give the application of the model for the decision-making in an organization willing to adopt teleworking.

Although policymakers are beginning to recognize that the use of ICTs can be used to help create reasonable workplace accommodation for people with disabilities, focused, comprehensive programs targeted at advancing these applications of ICT have yet to be developed. This paper provides an overview and a philosophical comparison of both the U.S. and European policies on telework for people with...

This paper reveals the facts that necessitated telecommuting in 'new normal' virtual work environment. is a cross-sectional study with sample of executive-level employees working banking sector. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC). The findings reveal success during COVID-19 pandemic depends on nature family responsibility, environment, training, and s...