Despite the growing number of teleworkers and unsustainable challenges (e.g., environmental pollution) facing megacities due to population pressure, few studies have investigated whether telework can reduce pressure in megacities. This study conducts a scenario-based experiment proposes that by enticing megacity residents leave megacity. Specifically, given increasing companies are adopting met...

Future work will be more or less telework and telecooperation. These teleprocesses have to be managed, to overcome huge technological, economic and sociological problems. The new task facing management in its daily work lies in drastic reduction of face-to-face contacs between supervisors and workers. Thus person-oriented management patterns have to be rounded out by suitable task-oriented tech...

The paper analyses broadband diffusion from a multitude of angles. The main objective of the analysis is thus to investigate the reasons behind an adoption delay present in certain Southern European countries. The paper presents the situation of an Italian region named Piedmont. Results show that a lack of de facto competition, together with an immature level of Internet usage, is the main caus...

Telework and other flexible working arrangements, which have exponentially expanded with new advancements in digitalization the impact of COVID-19, are modifying conditions workers’ engagement. Using ‘job demands-resources’ model, we applied multivariate techniques to examine different ways telework intensity impacts by gender. Increased remote was positively associated better skills discretion...

We examine how mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) mediated interaction transform daily work activity in contemporary, extended telework. expand on the concepts of bundles pacesetters to understand rhythms employee control change. draw in-depth interviews with 22 teleworkers varying skills tasks. find that technology not only relaxes time–space constraints telework but fost...

The COVID-19 pandemic represented a big challenge not only for the health systems but also working world that has been characterized by spread of telework. aim this review is to resume knowledge about effects telework on and safety teleworkers, point out these implications in light growing development diffusion it after pandemic. A literature research main scientific engines (Pubmed, Scopus, Go...

Abstract Relying on the Labour Force Survey and monthly revenue statistics of Hungarian Central Statistical Office, we assess immediate economic impact first wave COVID-19 pandemic in two quarters 2020 . We analyse role job loss, working time reduction, downtime, telework adjustment to crisis. The findings reveal an even more serious setback increase inequality than 2008–2009. School leavers, y...