1st Edition

Telecommuting Modelling the Employer's and the Employee's Decision-Making Process

By Adriana Bernardino Copyright 1996
    186 Pages
    by Routledge

    186 Pages
    by Routledge

    Telecommuting has been regarded as a powerful tool to reduce traffic congestion, pollution and energy consumption. It also supposed to improve lifestyle quality and job satisfaction by providing employees with flexible schedules with which to address their work load and personal requirements whilst also enhancing recruitment capability and productivity and significantly reducing costs. Nevertheless, a strong resistance to the adoption of telecommuting still persists.

    In this book, first published in 1996, state of the art demand modelling techniques are used to delve into critical issues raised by the question of telecommuting. The benefits and costs of telecommuting are investigated in an effort to provide concrete evidence to inform the private sector’s adoption decision process and the public sector’s policy design. This title will be of interest to students of business studies and human resource management.

    1. Introduction  2. The State-of-the-Art  3. Analytical Framework  4. A Survey of Telecommuting Preferences  5. Model System Estimation Results  6. Analysis of the Results  7. Conclusion;  References;  Index

    Biography

    Adriana Bernardino