An Empirical Study of Attitudes Towards Teleworking among Information Technology (IT) Personnel

  • Authors:
  • Thompson Sh Teo;Vivien Kg Lim;Sook Har Wai

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a preliminary study to determine attitudes towards teleworking at a leading IT organization in Singapore. The impact of teleworking on the propensity to leave the organization, events influencing the decision to telework, perceived advantages and disadvantages of teleworking to individuals and organizations, supervisor and work colleague support, and equipment and bill support are examined. Issues and recommendations pertaining to organization, individual and work environment perspectives are discussed.