In the course of digitisation, work away from principal office using information and communications technology (telework, telecommuting, mobile work) has established itself in various segments labour market. Still, impact telework on employees’ health is far clear often controversially discussed at individual, organisational political level—but also social research. Against this background, we ...

Telework as an optional work arrangement has gained significant popularity over the last few decades in organizations of all kinds. Private businesses and public agencies have found telework to be valuable for increasing capacity while many employees regard attractive benefit when it is available. provides greater schedule flexibility employees, alternative that maintains productivity during we...

Purpose The present study aims to examine the mediating role of (in)voluntariness in teleworking explaining relationship between employees’ fit telework and work well-being (i.e. engagement exhaustion). Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey design was used this study. sample comprised 222 individuals performing Portugal. Statistical analyses employed were descriptive statistics, ...

An increasing number of academic institutions offer their staff the option to work from other places than conventional office, i.e., telework. Academic teaching and research are recognized as some most frequent teleworkers, this seems affect well-being, performance, recovery in different ways. This study aimed investigate academics’ experiences perceptions telework within context. For this, we ...

This paper provides an overview of the trends and differences in prevalence telework across EU countries, sectors occupations before outbreak COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive evidence shows that was more widespread ICT- knowledge-intensive sectors, generally for high-skilled workers, although with big countries. In fact, as shown this paper, varied considerably countries even within same sector o...

The sudden and extensive implementation of teleworking in the beginning COVID-19 pandemic has threatened employees’ well-being. Based on challenges that particularly such well-being pandemic, we identify sets telework-specific HRM practices leadership behaviors, examine their joint relationships with teleworkers’ happiness terms work engagement job satisfaction. Thus, also consider mediating ro...

The paper explores the potentialities of telework, a topic with rich literature published since 1970s, which has become topical again its forced application related to COVID-19 pandemic emergency. carries out an analysis potential territorial impact—transport networks and geographies living—of telework in Italian national context. highlights relevance certain metropolitan areas that present urb...