This study uses a knowledge transfer perspective, focusing both on ‘disruptive’ and ‘commiting’ consequences of teleworking affecting organisational knowledge transfer, to understand variations in the adoption and formalisation of teleworking practices in organisations. It hypothesises the influence of a set of conditions related to the so-called ‘knowledge transfer risk’: constituent character...

Purpose This paper aims at comparing teleworking adoption decision processes of multinational firms operating in Malaysia and Malaysian indigenous firms. It shows how to make comparative statistical analyses of teleworking adoption decision for the top managers of a firm. Design/methodology/approach A total of 98 organizations (represented by the CEO or Director of Human Resource Division) furn...

Teleworking has long been considered an important demand-management strategy that can assist in easing congestion problems and associated environmental impacts. Recent advances in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has reinforced its appeal as a cost-effective solution. Teleworking could be a viable demand management strategy in Sydney where pressures on the network, and the growth...

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.

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 ...

One of the most challenging purpose for multime-dia systems is to include haptic data exchange through computer network. This possibility may allow`hard' teleworking i.e. touching and manipulating real or virtual remote features, thus changing physical properties of remote locations. This paper discusses this topic based on the well known teleoperation technology while being enhanced using virt...

In this paper we present the design and the implementation of an interactive environment for cooperative teleworking. Telemathea ooers tools that support the communication and the teleworking between tutor and trainee, who may reside in remote geographical regions. This environment ooers audio communication over the network as well as support for joint editing of text documents and still images...

Teleworking enables a more flexible scheduling of working time and places of work on the way to the modern information society. The rapid development of cooperative application software and electronic networking systems such as Internet and the penetration of web-based applications have demonstrated the enormous potential of technical facilities for new employment models. This paper defines req...

Travel demand management (TDM) consists of a variety of policy measures that affect the effectiveness of transportation systems by changing travel behavior. The primary objective of such TDM strategies is not to improve traffic safety, although their impact on traffic safety should not be neglected. The main purpose of this study is to simulate the traffic safety impact of conducting a telework...

In recent years, many companies have implemented telework to improve work efficiency and quality of life for employees. Transport planners attempt to assist companies in reducing business travel time losses related to traffic congestion by stimulating telework. However, current knowledge concerning the effects of teleworking on business travel is limited. Furthermore, despite constant promotion...