Telecommuting (or Telework) is now relaxing more and more workers from traditional 9-to-5 routines in many countries. In this paper, we do some research on China’s actuality, and try to give out some reasonable suggestions to support Telecommuting, on the basis of learning from the developed countries.

While there is considerable literature reporting the results of studies of benefits and problems associated with telecommuting, there is little longitudinal research available addressing how the perceptions of these may change over time an important aspect for those considering setting up telecommuting programmes. Staff working in a software development area in a major international organisatio...

A comprehensive model of three distinct dimensions of work-related choices is proposed in this study. The different choice dimensions considered are work-hour arrangement, location, and frequency of telecommuting. Such a model underscores the role of employee work-hour arrangement in telecommuting choices by bringing out the differences in preferences for telecommuting frequency (both home and ...

Purpose – Telecommuting continues to be a topic of interest for practitioners and researchers alike. There are significant numbers of employees currently involved in telecommuting around the globe. Organizational implications, global workforce implications and the scarcity of scholarly publications make this research topic one that warrants our further investigation. The purpose of this paper i...

This study examines three models of the individual’s preference for homeand center-based telecommuting. Issues concerning the estimation of discrete models when the alternatives are non-exclusive are discussed. Two binary logit models are presented, one on the preference to telecomnmte from a center versus not telecommuting from a center (adjusted p2 = 0.24), and the other on the preference to ...

This paper proposes a systematic approach that will help managers evaluate the suitabilitv of alternative telecommuting configurations. In particular, the main task of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework and a decision support system (DSS) for telecommuting managers to assess the tradeogs involved in introducing telecommuting in their organisations. The proposed DSS is in the form o...

Information Systems (IS) managers from two geographic regions of the United States, the West Coast and the Southeast, were selected as the population to study. The IS managers were asked to respond to a series of twelve advantages and eleven disadvantages associated with telecommuting. Each item's importance was recorded on a seven point Likert scale, where a one indicated very unimportant and ...

Title of Dissertation: TWO EMPIRICAL ESSAYS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS Yi Jiang Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed By: Professors Maureen Cropper and William Evans Externalities associated with automobile use have long been an important topic in environmental and urban economics. Air pollution and traffic congestion constitute two main external costs of driving (Parry, Walls and Harr...

Environmental pressures are pushing business organizations to adopt telecommuting, while technological barriers to telecommuting are diminishing. These factors are contributing to the overall trend of increased utilization of telecommuting employees (TCE). Therefore it is crucial for business organizations to recognize which functions can be successfully transferred to TCEs, which characteristi...