Telecommuting the organizational and behavioral effects of working at home
Telecommuting the organizational and behavioral effects of working at home
The management, control and evaluation of a telecommuting project: a case study
Information and Management
The squandered computer: evaluating the business alignment of information technologies
The squandered computer: evaluating the business alignment of information technologies
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
A review of the empirical research on telecommuting and directions for future research
The virtual workplace
Workers' propensity to telecommute: an empirical study
Information and Management
The Virtual Workplace
The Social Life of Information
The Social Life of Information
Communication and coordination in the virtual office
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Managing virtual workplaces and teleworking with information technology
New information technology and organizational culture
MIS Quarterly
Information Resources Management Journal
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While technology enables home-based telecommuting HBT, it also has been blamed for its slow growth. Thus, technology may both facilitate and hinder HBT. In order to clarify the role that technology currently plays when employees telecommute, this study investigated the relationship between different forms of organizational support classified as technology-related, somewhat technology-related, and nontechnological and employees' reactions to HBT. Dependent variables included satisfaction, Perceived Productivity, and number of days/weeks spent telecommuting. Respondents were 50 full-time employees from 20 organizations. Two technology-related support variables and manager's trust a nontechnological support had a broad impact on employees' reactions to HBT. So, technology plays a crucial role and, thus, could be a major factor in HBT's slow growth, but HBT is better understood within a multi-factor rather than a single-factor framework. Results also indicate that organizations should emphasize providing IT support and appropriate technology for telecommuters as well as HBT-related training for nontelecommuting coworkers and managers.