How to Achieve Sustainable Efficiency with Teleworkers: Leadership Model in Telework

Wojčák, Emil; Bajzíková, Ľubica; Šajgalíková, Helena; Poláková, Michaela

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.07.111

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“…In the past decades, companies have evolved according to new conditions of the work environment, such as globalization, fierce competition, new demographic structures, and increasing development of ICTs (Wojcak et al, 2016). The transition from the industrial era to a digitalized business environment led to a shift from a mechanistic perspective to a more organic perspective, where organizations embrace flexible structures (Pulley and Sessa, 2001).…”

Section: Teleworking and The Emergence Of Covid-19mentioning

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E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go

2020

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Suddenly, COVID-19 has changed the world and the way people work. Companies had to accelerate something they knew was imminent in the future, but not immediate and extremely humongous. This situation poses a huge challenge for companies to survive and thrive in this complex business environment and for employees, who must adapt to this new way of working. An effective e-leadership, which promotes companies’ adaptability, is needed. This study investigates the existing knowledge on teleworking and e-leadership; and analyzes the supposed challenges. The literature review shows that companies with effective e-leadership can view teleworking as an opportunity. It is advantageous for not only companies’ productivity but also the environment and people who work remotely. However, a traditional or no leadership can result in some risks. Thriving in remote work environments implies that managers must adjust the companies’ structure, making them less hierarchical, and developing new abilities to establish a strong and trustworthy relationship with their employees to maintain their competitiveness, while retaining a genuine concern for their employees’ well-being. Similarly, successful e-leadership must be able to consolidate and lead effective virtual teams to accomplish organizational goals. This study contributes to the literature and leaders during the pandemic.

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Section: Teleworking and The Emergence Of Covid-19mentioning

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E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go

2020

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“…Wojcak et al [7] shows that the implementation of this new way to organize work activities brings new challenges for leadership, while Onken-Menke et al [15] present evidence that flexible work schedules, including telework, increase the organization's attractiveness. Managers have to be trained in relation to the ways in which employees that work remotely could be efficiently managed, and new and effective methods to supervise remote workers are required [16].…”

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“…One could easily notice that the results of a large series of studies conducted over the past three decades are non-convergent, and sometimes even inconsistent, in terms of the effects of telework on employees [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Even though a significant number of studies show the benefits of telework for employees [9][10][11][12], there are also numerous studies that highlight the negative outcomes [13,14].…”

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Sustainable Social and Individual Implications of Telework: A New Insight into the Romanian Labor Market

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This research aims to evaluate the individual and social implications of telework, along with the foreseeable permanent result that could be generated. Consistent with this objective, a survey has been carried out on a sample of 1180 Romanian employees, on which a model has been developed, based on structural equation modelling. The model includes five latent variables, on the one hand targeting telework features and on the other hand, its possible effects on individuals and society. At an individual level, the study results emphasize that telework could contribute to a better work–life balance and could also help teleworkers to develop specific teleworking abilities. At a social level, telework could generate sustainable effects targeting the long-term management of the work force and providing solutions to potential problems at local community levels. The managerial implications of this study are directed toward the need to implement a series of sustainable human resource management strategies and efficient employee training and development programs. Moreover, organizations need to be more proactive in assuming corporate social responsibilities.

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“…The term flexibility refers to both positive and negative imputes. One as strategic initiative of employers to increase the business requirements of the firm and other due to the demand of employees to balance work and life, (Wojcak, Bajzikovab, Sajgalikova, & Polakova, 2016).…”

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“…They further explained teleworkers as the people who do not work (on regular basis or not) from fixed location outside the office or area of employer; thus, self-employed individuals are not included here. According to (Wojcak, Bajzikovab, Sajgalikova, & Polakova, 2016), thanks to information telecommunication technology that an employee can work at the customer's place, at home, in a means of transport or in a café, flight, or train. All these situations constitute the work arrangement in which the worker is considered to work 'from distance', i.e.…”

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Relationship Between Flexible Working Arrangements and Job Satisfaction Mediated by Work-Life Balance: Evidence From Public Sector Universities’ Employees of Pakistan

Aziz-Ur-Rehman

Siddiqui²

2019

IJHRS

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The research focused on relationship between flexible working arrangements, work-life balance and job satisfaction in Karachi’s public universities. To investigate the null hypothesis that there is no relationship between these variables. Research design is descriptive as we determine the association between dependent and independent variables. Independent variable is flexible working arrangements which include: flexi-time, contractual working, work shifts and telecommuting, that are provided to employees to improve their productivity and maintain work-life balance. A structured questionnaire is designed to collect approximately 200-sample size via online and by university visits. Survey forms were distributed using random sampling method among more than nine different public universities of Karachi. The research is quantitative in nature and analyzed through CFA and SEM, using smart PLS. Findings show that flexible arrangements are significantly correlated with work-life balance. It also revealed that work-life balance is a strong mediator between flexible arrangements and job satisfaction. Importance of flexible arrangements within an organization is highlighted in the recommendations to improve employees’ satisfaction, their performance, work to family enrichment hence to increase productivity. Research included both quantitative and qualitative data and examined the relationship of ﬂexible arrangements, work-life balance and job satisfaction from the view point of public universities.

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How to Achieve Sustainable Efficiency with Teleworkers: Leadership Model in Telework

Cited by 42 publications

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E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go

E-Leadership and Teleworking in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: What We Know and Where Do We Go

Sustainable Social and Individual Implications of Telework: A New Insight into the Romanian Labor Market

Relationship Between Flexible Working Arrangements and Job Satisfaction Mediated by Work-Life Balance: Evidence From Public Sector Universities’ Employees of Pakistan

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