The New Normal? Motivators for and Hindrances to Telework

Fischer, Thomas B.; Kull, Stefan; Niederländer, Ursula; Stabauer, Martin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77750-0_21

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“…The positive impact of TC_ACT on the perception of HTW is supported by a large number of studies (Donati et al, 2021;Ollo-L opez et al, 2021;Fischer et al, 2021); thus, H4.1 and H4.2 are supported. This statement also applies to the positive influence of SUPPORT (Park and Cho, 2022;Nguyen, 2021;Ollo-L opez et al, 2021), which is in accordance with H9.1 and H9.2.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Being more likely to use ICTs has been found to be significant because it enables the perception of usefulness of ICTs for workers and firms and increases the ease expectation of HTW (Donati et al, 2021;Fischer et al, 2021;Asgari et al, 2022). Thus, we propose the following hypotheses:…”

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confidence: 98%

“…As in Baruch and Nicholson (1997), we are interested in the influence of these variables on the perception of the advantages that adopting HTW provides for both workers and firms. These four categories underlie home–computer interaction issues (Fisher et al. , 2021).…”

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Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance

de Andres-Sanchez,

Belzunegui-Eraso,

Erro-Garcés

2023

IJM

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PurposeThis paper aims to shed light on the perception of the consequences of implementing home teleworking (TW) for employers and employees amid the pandemic. By doing so, the research analyzes the factors that explain employers' and employees' perceptions of home TW and the symmetry of their impact on its acceptance and rejection.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is done over the survey “Trends in the digital society during SARS-COV-2 crisis in Spain” by the Spanish “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.” The explanatory variables were selected and classified using the well-known taxonomy of Baruch and Nicholson (i.e. individual factors, family/home, organizational and job-related).FindingsThe global judgment of HTW is positive, but factors such as gender, age, children in care or being an employer nuance that perception. While some factors, such as the attitude of employees toward information communication technologies (ICTs), perceived productivity or the distance from home to work, have a significant link with both positive and negative perceptions of HTW, other factors can only explain either positive or negative perceptions. Likewise, the authors observed that being female and having children on care had a detrimental influence on opinions about HTW.Practical implicationsA clearer regulation of TW is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. The authors also highlight the potentially favorable effects of telecommuting on mitigating depopulation in rural areas.Originality/valueThe authors have also measured not only the significance of assessed factors on the overall judgment of HTW for firms and workers but also whether these factors impact acceptance and resistance attitudes toward TW symmetrically.

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Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance

de Andres-Sanchez,

Belzunegui-Eraso,

Erro-Garcés

2023

IJM

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“…The adequacy of the home space used to implement WFH is fairly relevant in the literature to explain well-being at work (Nakrošien ė et al 2019;Fischer et al 2021). Space boundaries may generate work interruptions (Gajendran and Harrison 2007) and domestic conflicts (Weinert et al 2015).…”

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Perception of the Effects of Working from Home on Isolation and Stress by Spanish Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

2023

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This paper tests the explanatory capability of the individual, organizational, environmental and job factors regarding Spanish workers’ perception of isolation and stress owing to working from home (WFH). We used a survey of the Spanish agency Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas on the Spanish population’s perceptions of several aspects of information technologies that was carried out in March 2021. Information overload, work overload and isolation are perceived to be the principal factors involved in WFH. Because WFH could be inhibit professional development, drawbacks in the infrastructure include overload and impediments to career development as the most relevant variables to explain the perception of isolation. Age and balance between family and work also have explanatory power, but less so for isolation and stress. While people with intermediate ages are less sensitive to isolation and stress, having a correct balance between work and personal life is a protective factor against these effects. From the results in this paper, we outline several questions that must be addressed by labour authorities via legal regulations and by firms and workers to adapt organizational and working culture to ensure the efficient implementation of WFH settings compatible with employees’ well-being.

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“…A slow trickle of employees transitioning to telework has become a downpour, as departments, organizations and even some entire industries are leaving the traditional co-located office for a geographically distributed working arrangement. What began, for many, as a temporary workaround compelled by government lockdowns has become institutionalized as a "new normal" standard for how employees conduct their work (Fischer et al, 2021). Many employers now see telework as a longterm necessity and are asking questions regarding how to maximize the effectiveness of this new endeavor.…”

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Grace, place and space: fostering employee technological innovation in the new normal

Burleson

Greenbaum²,

Thatcher³

2022

INTR

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PurposeThe ongoing shift to telework has brought about tremendous opportunities for employees to reimagine their use of technology. Opportunities abound for both discovering new technologies and new uses of existing technologies. However, opportunity alone is not enough to turn ideas into action. This opinion paper aims to identify grace, place and space as key concepts that can help managers navigate challenges and opportunities for technological innovation posed by telework.Design/methodology/approachThe authors provide a concise review of related research and events that inform the selection of conditions necessary to foster employee technological innovation.FindingsThe authors identify three primary conditions necessary to foster employee technological innovation – grace, place and space. “Grace” refers to employee autonomy, “place” refers to networking and “space” refers to a reduction of overload. While telework may create opportunities for innovation, it also presents difficulties. Therefore, for each condition, the authors discuss inherent tensions and advise managers regarding how they can resolve those tensions and bring about innovation with a decentralized workforce.Originality/valueThe authors situate the discussion on facilitating conditions that foster employee technological innovation in today's current environment, one in which a rapid expansion of telework among employees is creating difficulties for managers. This paper addresses the “new normal” that managers will face for the foreseeable future.

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The New Normal? Motivators for and Hindrances to Telework

Cited by 8 publications

References 82 publications

Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance

Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance

Perception of the Effects of Working from Home on Isolation and Stress by Spanish Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Grace, place and space: fostering employee technological innovation in the new normal

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