Despite almost thirty years of research in the area of telework, the findings regarding outcomes remain equivocal (Bailey and Kurland, 2002). This research in progress hopes to advance understanding by identifying a key mechanism by which telework affects performance, specifically its influence on the social network properties of cohesion, power and structural holes. With knowledge of how the n...

The paper investigates the determinants and discusses consequences of switch towards Italian high-tech firms’ teleworking due to COVID-19 crisis. Teleworking is important reduce traffic congestion increase sustainability cities, as such, it understand what helps successful transition firms telework. crisis represents a natural experiment that allows studying organizational ability adapt unexpec...

Abstract The rigorous traffic limitations during COVID-19 have forced many people to work from home, reaching an outstanding degree of teleworking and reduction in air pollution. This exceptional situation can be examined as a large-scale pilot test determine the potential improving urban quality through teleworking. Based on observed reductions lockdown Barcelona, we formulate socio-occupation...

A framework towards a theory of media fitness was proposed to help a teleworking group to select appropriate communication media. The degree of fitness of media for a communication task was calculated by considering 9 factors from both media and user aspects. Four environmental limitations were also introduced to decide the fittest medium. Three cases from Japanese companies were used to test t...

ICT and digitalisation have significantly transformed the way space is understood used, which has also affected spatial location of economic sites workplaces. Teleworking become more pronounced management distributed teams a focus business research. The spread teleworking enabled businesses to improve their operational efficiency. Innovative digital practices teleworkers work together regardles...

The working life is changing rapidly since the technical conditions to work anywhere and anytime were developed. New employment models like telework emerged. Telework is the key to a more flexible design of working time and places of work. But telework is not yet as widely spread as it seems to be. What are the barriers of an all-round implementation? In ongoing research projects we find out, t...

Travel Demand Management (TDM) consists of a variety of policy measures that affect the transportation system’s effectiveness by changing travel behavior. Although the primary objective to implement such TDM strategies is not to improve traffic safety, their impact on traffic safety should not be neglected. The main purpose of this study is to investigate differences in the traffic safety conse...

Urban areas play a key role in the development of European territories, and it is essential for them to be sustainable and efficient. However, the European cities are facing some challenges related to certain trends that are threatening their sustainable development and operational efficiency. In this paper, we compare the contribution of three policy measures—cordon toll accompanied by public ...

The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic caused immense labour market turbulences and a large-scale turn towards teleworking. This paper contributes to understanding how teleworking shapes regional economic outcomes by focusing on resilience in US cities during 2020 emergency. It examines employment demand finds that share teleworkable jobs is linked stronger resilience, enhances onset smaller ci...