Modelling the effects of factors on the stated preference towards telecommuting in IIUM campus, Gombak

Determinants of healthcare employees’ preference to continue teleworking after the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study using hierarchical regression

“…Other studies of Vietnamese and American employees point to having young children in the home as a positive determinant of having a preference or willingness to telework post-pandemic, especially among women. 12,31 The current findings do not contradict this, but having young children in the home may have been a smaller determinant in the current study sample, especially compared to occupational factors and e-working conditions, due to a more equitable balance in the distribution of unpaid labour across spousal partners with young children in the current study sample of Canadian healthcare employees compared to Vietnamese employees. 32,33.…”

“…13 Lastly, a longer commute has been associated with a preference to telework. 12 As the employer in the current study covers a large geographical service area, longer commuting times are likely common among its employees.…”

“…A study of University employees in Malaysia conducted shortly prior to the pandemic found that both personal and job-level factors were important determinants of preferring to telework. 12 At the personal level, having a higher number of young children in the home and a longer morning commute, while at the job level less frequent use of face-to-face communication and fax machines and more frequent use of email and cell phones were important determinants. 12 Potential advantages and disadvantages of telework have been a focus of the pre-pandemic literature and these may influence telework preference.…”

“…12 At the personal level, having a higher number of young children in the home and a longer morning commute, while at the job level less frequent use of face-to-face communication and fax machines and more frequent use of email and cell phones were important determinants. 12 Potential advantages and disadvantages of telework have been a focus of the pre-pandemic literature and these may influence telework preference. Identified advantages include better balance of work and home life, easier completion of domestic chores, increased work flexibility and autonomy, reduced commuting time and expenses, increased productivity, fewer distractions or interruptions, higher morale and job satisfaction, the ability to work while sick, decreased need for disability related accommodation, and avoidance of office politics.…”

Telework in academia: associations with health and well-being among staff

“…Previous literature disagrees on the importance of commuting time/distance for telework frequency (Bailey and Kurland 2002;Helminen and Ristimaki 2007;Hjorthol 2006;Melo and Silva 2017). A recent study on academic staff showed that delay time during travel, but not travel time itself, was an important determinant for the preference towards telework (Ismail et al 2018). Then again, factors determining the preference towards telework may be different from factors associated with actual telework frequency (Haddad et al 2009;Percival et al 2011).…”