In the broadest sense, the term telework refers to organizational work [email protected] outside of the normal organizational confines of space and time, augmented by computer and communications technology. While most of the interest in telework has been confined to “telecommuting” or working from home, very little research has been done on the other-forms of telework. Beyond telecommuting, this paper ...

Innovation literature has long advocated that an innovation may be compatible or incompatible with an organization’s existing systems or resources (Rogers 1983). Compatibility of an innovation has traditionally meant that the innovation is compatible with the existing values, skills, and work practices of potential adopters. However, Tornatzky and Klein (1982) criticized this multi-faceted defi...

In the era of Internet, telecommuting, virtual office and other work modes are increasingly popular. Telecommuting working give employees more freedom flexibility in work, which reduces direct monitoring from outside. The complex network information will also bring interference task interruption. At this time, how to maintain focus on self-motivation becomes particularly important. Grit refers ...

A major reason for the low take-up rate of telecommuting is that companies are not convinced of the economic benefits of telecommuting. They believe most of the benefits accrue to the workers but not the company. This paper presents the findings of a cost benefit analysis. Four categories of costs and benefits are identified. The analysis considers three categories of workers: managers, profess...