telecommuting

(noun)

Telecommuting or telework are terms often used interchangeably to refer to a work arrangement in which employees enjoy flexibility in work location and hours. A person who telecommutes is known as a "telecommuter" and a person who teleworks is known as a "teleworker. " Telecommute generally refers to the elimination of the daily commute to a central place of work. Many telecommuters work from home, while others, occasionally also referred to as "nomad workers" or "web commuters" utilize mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or other locations.

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Examples of telecommuting in the following topics:

  • Working from Home

    • Telecommuting offers benefits to communities, employers, and employees.
    • For individuals, telecommuting improves work-life balance.
    • A meta-analysis of 46 studies on telecommuting by Ravi Gajendran and David A.
    • This causes a serious obstacle in organizations attempting to adopt telecommuting.
    • The main concern about telecommuting is the fear of loss of control.

  • Moving to Flexible Work Schedules

    • Employers can offer flexible working arrangements in the form of flextime and telecommuting work.
    • Flexible working arrangements such as flextime and telecommuting work are becoming increasingly popular.
    • Telecommuting (or telework) is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work.
    • A person who telecommutes is known as a "telecommuter," "teleworker," or "home-sourced employee."
    • A successful telework or telecommuting program requires a management style that is results-oriented (as opposed to task-oriented).

  • Flextime

    • A recent review by the Cochrane Collaboration has found that flexible working arrangements, such as flextime and telecommuting can have positive effects on health, but the effects are primarily seen when employees have some control over their new schedules.
    • Additionally, individuals who telecommute to work most of the work week are more satisfied with their jobs than are traditional employees who commute into a physical office location.
    • This man is telecommuting from a restaurant.
    • As a result of improvement in technology and Internet connectivity, one can telecommute from almost anywhere now.

  • The Psychology of Employee Satisfaction

    • Some research has found that flexible working arrangements, such as flextime and telecommuting, can have positive effects on job satisfaction, but the effects are primarily seen when employees have some control over their schedules.
    • Individuals who telecommute most of the work week are more satisfied with their jobs than are traditional employees who commute to a physical office location.
    • Flexible work arrangements, such as telecommuting, can have positive effects on employee satisfaction.

  • The State of Global Business

    • They are also increasingly coming to use the internet to conduct many more basic business processes such as filing taxes and regulatory compliance forms, locating and initiating key business connections, coordinating work teams, and telecommuting.

  • Incentive Systems for Employees

    • Instead, HR could provide incentives like telecommuting or the freedom to devote a percentage of each work day to independent projects (Google does this).

  • Reducing Workplace Stress

    • Consider flexible schedules—many organizations allow telecommuting to reduce the pressure of being a certain place at a certain time (which enables people to better balance their personal lives).

  • Support and Help

    • Moreover, as more people telecommute from home and work from remote locations, internal information technology (IT) administrators must spend more time troubleshooting and fixing employees' problems.

  • Job security and people

    • Suggestions from employees that keep the business going (and save it millions of dollars) include telecommuting and flexible schedules.

  • Ethical Issues at an Organizational Level

    • Other perks may include, "on-site" childcare, flextime for work hours, employee education reimbursement, and even telecommuting for various days during a week.