This paper reviews and utilizes the current body of telecommuting related research to study the costs and benefits of home-based telecommuting. Monte Carlo simulation methods were utilized to help account for costs or benefits that remain highly variable or have not been well documented by past research. This study illustrates the conditions under which the business case for telecommuting is su...

What are the positive and negative consequences of telecommuting? How do these consequences come about? When are these consequences more or less potent? The authors answer these questions through construction of a theoretical framework and meta-analysis of 46 studies in natural settings involving 12,883 employees. Telecommuting had small but mainly beneficial effects on proximal outcomes, such ...

Thousands of companies today in a wide variety of industries are experiencing the benefits of allowing employees to work from their homes. Telecommuting has become a recognized and accepted work alternative for millions of Americans and has grown exponentially during the past 20 years. The main purpose of this article is to explore the attitude of Egyptian information workers toward the concept...

Based on a literature review, this paper identifies the positive and negative impacts of telecommuting on both the organizations and employees. Some recommendations concerning the management of telecommuting in organization are provided. In addition, the paper reviews the existing literature to identify factors leading to successful telecommuting programs, especially with regards to choosing th...

Telecommuting, or working part of the time from another location than the office, normally from home, has been tried by several organisations in the recent years. This has not always been a success. Still, many arguments in favour of telecommuting are forwarded by previous studies. This paper investigates the development of telecommuting in three organisations, and elaborates on mechanisms behi...

Telecommuting has achieved recognition in several states and foreign countries as a means to reduce trip-making during the peak period. Evidence to date suggests that telecommuting can effectively eliminate commute trips without creating new travel. If true, telecommuting holds vast potential to mitigate urban traffic congestion. Decreased network fuel consumption and improved air quality are t...

We explore factors associated with employees ability to cope with the challenges of telecommuting—an increasingly pervasive new work mode enabled by advances in information technologies. Telecommuting can trigger important changes in employees job responsibilities, especially with respect to the degree of proactivity required to effectively work from a distance. Survey responses from a sample o...

Researchers have questioned whether the ability to telecommute is encouraging workers to relocate to more desirable residences farther from work, and in doing so, exacerbate sprawl and increase their net vehicle-miles traveled. The research presented here directly asks, is telecommuting a “friend or foe” of travel-reducing policies? Given that telecommuters tend to have longer commutes than non...

To understand whether telecommuting could be part of the policy solutions for greenhouse gas reduction in the transportation sector, this study uses Instrumental Variable Tobit models and data from 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys to explore whether telecommuting reduces or increases the daily work and non-work vehicle miles traveled. Our findings suggest telecommuters have more ...

With the use of telecommuting increasing rapidly, studies have shown various effects on the workplace. Organizations and individuals are applying telecommuting in new areas, discovering its numerous advantages and pitfalls and finding solutions to the myriad of problems that can invariably arise. The majority of research regarding telecommuting focuses on its effects on productivity levels and ...