In this paper we will analyze telework in the companies which belong to the information technology sector. To this purpose we have made an empirical research of 107 Spanish companies. First of all we have analyzed the tasks carried out through telework, the form is which they are carried out, both the individual tasks and the shared ones, the methods used for exchanging results, the changes bro...

This paper presents research on the influence that organisational behaviour and workplace culture have on the success of and barriers faced by adopting telework within the B2C e-business context among organisations in Australia, Singapore and American based organisations in Singapore. This qualitative study used interview methods to determine success factors and barriers in adopting telework. A...

This article discusses the role of the telework as an organizational innovation incorporated to the activities of the third sector as well as in the creation of networks and links between these entities. The telework has become a tool that has produced important changes in the traditional organization of the work, and has improved the interand intra-organizational communication, in addition to ...

Telepresence or virtual presence has became more and more commonplace thanks to evolutionof technology which implies an opening to the telework capacities. Telework is essentially linkedto virtuality and telepresence and consequently linked to robotics and computing as well ascommunications. This work deals with the methods and the tools necessary to the achievementof a tele...

The research aimed to define competencies for telework through a systematic review of the literature, two-stage survey: (I) bibliographic survey in Web Science (WoS) database, and (II) selection articles published between years 2016 2020, after reading abstracts, based on criterion adherence theme, further appreciation presentation studies. As result, definitions are gathered around four macro-...

Advances in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly in the mobility of computing power and virtual private networking (VPN) capabilities, have provided unprecedented flexibility regarding how and where work is performed. Employees, particularly those in knowledge-based jobs, are no longer tethered to a specific location to complete work. While technological advances provide ...

Telework ~or telecommuting! has been proposed as a way of reducing transportation externalities such as congestion and passenger vehicle energy use. While there is contention among sources about the secondary induced transportation effects, many studies have estimated net benefits as a result of transportation reductions. Analyses including effects from shifts in commercial and residential buil...

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...

This large-scale study analyses the influence of co-ordination and trust problems on employees’ access to weekly home-based teleworking from a combined perspective of transaction-cost theory and new economic-sociology. Access is more likely when additional co-ordination and control problems are smaller. Indicators of the so-called ‘telework-risk’ are ‘time sovereignty’, ‘job autonomy’, ‘job int...

For many years the information society has been a target for speculation, and today the United States (Information highways), European Union, and national governments, along with advanced companies, are taking steps towards systematic policy changes and enlarged applications for information technology. One part of these activities lies in the area of workplace reform, where telework is going to...