Teleworkers, Trips, and Telecommunications: Technology Drives Telework—But Does It Reduce Trips?

2002 ◽  
Vol 1817 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne H. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
American Housing Survey ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Personal Transportation ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Technology Surveys ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
At Home

Work-at-home data from federal and proprietary survey series are analyzed to determine why counts of people who work at home do not agree and to gain new insight into the impact of technology and telecommunications on telework and trip reduction. Questions were added to surveys including the American Housing Survey, Current Population Survey, and nationwide personal transportation survey by using a piggybacking strategy. The analysis found that the total number of persons who work at home as a percentage of total workers appears to be holding steady at about 16% to 17%. Similarly, the number of employees doing any work at home has not markedly increased. Work at home during the business day has risen sharply, apparently because of the increased availability of personal computers and the Internet in homes, but the rise may be leveling off. The analysis suggests that the occupational groups most likely to increase in numbers and frequency of teleworking are managerial and professional groups and sales. Countertrends that may decrease telework are discussed. The analysis illustrates the value of adding work-at-home questions to employment, housing, and technology surveys as well as to travel surveys. It emphasizes the need for consistency in questioning over time and the elimination of the use of jargon from surveys so that trends can be monitored.

Propensity to Work from Home: Modeling Results from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey

2000 ◽  
Vol 1706 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Drucker ◽  
Asad J. Khattak
Keyword(s):  
Sample Selection ◽  
Small Children ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Multinomial Logit Models ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Personal Transportation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
At Home

Working from home is regaining its popularity because of the advantages it presents for both employees and employers. Telecommunications technologies are enabling the new work-at-home phenomena. This study expands the existing body of work-at-home and telecommuting research by using data from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey to consider a larger sample and to include characteristics unavailable in previous analyses. The effects of socioeconomic, household, locational, and accessibility variables on individuals’ choices to work from home are estimated with ordered logit, ordered probit, and multinomial logit models, using a two-equation sample selection regression process. The three models give very similar results. They indicate that educational attainment and the presence of small children in the household encourage frequent working from home. Males and drivers choose to work from home more often than females or nondrivers, and the lack of free parking at work promotes home work. These findings bear implications for trip-generation forecasting and suggest directions for policies intended to influence commute travel.

‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ – The 2020 Business Information Review Survey: Part I

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Stephen Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Corporate Structure ◽  
Client Engagement ◽  
Business Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

In its 30th year, the Business Information Review Survey captures insights from conversations with leading information managers in the UK and US. The participants include class leading information services leaders from a range of sectors, including financial services, law, professional services, manufacturing, mining and technology. The conversations took place in Q4 2020, covering corporate structure, staffing trends, the operating environment, the impact of technology, content delivery, vendor and client engagement. Respondents were also invited to share their strategic priorities for 2021, teeing up the 2021 survey which will invite the contributors to reflect on their achievements and the evolution of their services. Due to the quality and volume of information gathered, the survey is broken down into two parts. Part I introduces the survey, provides a detailed insight into the methodology, a high level summary of the participants, and detailed insights into the organisational structure and current staffing trends.

scholarly journals Impact of Telecommuting on Employees’ Performance

2018 ◽  
pp. p54
Author(s):  
Uchenna Onyemaechi ◽  
Uruakpa Peter Chinyere ◽  
Uche Emmanuel
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

This work examined the impact of telecommuting on employees’ performance. The dynamic nature of the environment in which our organizations operate and customers need made this investigation very necessary. The objectives of the study were; to find out if arrangement that enables employee to work at home has a positive relationship with better quality of work and to ascertain whether an arrangement that allows employee to work at agreed location has significant relationship with speedy service delivery. To achieve the objectives, a survey research design was adopted. The techniques employed in analyzing the data were descriptive statistics and spearman rank correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the arrangement that enables employee to work at home has a weak and positive relationship with better quality of work. It was also found that arrangement that allows employee to work at agreed location has a significant relationship with speedy service delivery. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that telecommuting has impact on employee performance. It was recommended that managers of telecommunication out-fits should continue with the arrangement that allows employees to work at agreed location since it was found to have significant relationship with speedy service delivery but also ensure that, there is a strong mechanism on ground to monitor the activities of the telecommuters.

scholarly journals The Impact of Working from Home During Pandemic Times on Employees Motivation in Romanian Insurance Companies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Ştefănescu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Main Change ◽  
At Home

This article represents an analysis of the impact on employees of insurance companies in Romania, of the changes that occurred following the crisis generated by the Coronavirus pandemic. With the implementation of traffic restrictions in the spring of 2020 and the introduction of quarantine in Romania, companies were forced to resort to alternative means of conducting and continuing the activity in safe conditions for employees. The main change was the implementation of work at home, doubled by a strong progress of digitalization in the field. The orientation of companies towards the customer, the desire to offer the most complete services and the need to work as much as possible in the online environment, accelerated the digital transformation processes, offering a new perspective to both customers and employees who were able to experience a large number migrating to work from home. This article pays more attention to the analysis of the direct relationship between staff motivation in the case of work at home and the results obtained, with the final result - the sustainability of the organization's activity.

Developing an Interprofessional E-Learning Pathway

2010 ◽  
pp. 155-165
Author(s):  
P. A. S. Bluteau ◽  
J. A. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
Key Points ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Implementing interprofessional education is fraught with challenges, developing an e-learning approach whilst overcoming some challenges, is still not smooth. This chapter using a case study approach offers an insight into the successful development and implementation of an interprofessional e-learning pathway. The chapter draws on the authors’ experiences of the challenges and constraints in setting up this model. By unpacking these challenges the reader will be offered the opportunity to explore the impact on two Higher Education Institutes and the professional groups working within these organisations. It highlights the difficulties associated with managing change and the importance of strong leadership at key points within this process.

scholarly journals The Perceived Impact of COVID-19 among Treatment-Seeking Smokers: A Mixed Methods Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Zoe Rosoff-Verbit ◽  
Erin Logue-Chamberlain ◽  
Jessica Fishman ◽  
Janet Audrain-McGovern ◽  
Larry Hawk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
At Home

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health, including tobacco use, are not fully known. The current study sought to measure the perceived impact of COVID-19 and the resulting stay-at-home orders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York on smokers enrolled in four smoking cessation trials between March 2020 and July 2020. The survey collected quantitative data regarding life changes due to COVID-19, health/exposure status, and the impact on their cessation attempt (e.g., motivation to quit, change in triggers). The questionnaire collected qualitative data to better understand how such changes could explain changes in smoking behavior. Of the 42 participants surveyed, approximately half indicated that COVID-19 changed their motivation and ability to quit or remain quit. Among those who reported that it was easier to quit following the stay-at-home orders (n = 24), most attributed this to concerns regarding the severity of COVID-19 among smokers. Among those who reported more difficulty quitting (n = 15), most attributed this to their increased stress due to the pandemic and the inability to access activities, places, or people that could help them manage triggers. Given public health warnings of continued surges in COVID-19, these data provide insight into who may benefit from further smoking cessation support should existing restrictions or new stay-at-home orders be enacted.

scholarly journals Communication Technology Use for Work at Home during Off-job Time and Work–Family Conflict: The Roles of Family Support and Psychological Detachment

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Zhengyuan Wang ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Yongjia Duan
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

<p>This article studies the influence of communication technology use for work at home during off-job time on work-family conflict based on work-family border theory, and highlights the roles of psychological detachment and family support. Based on 423 samples, we use regression analysis to test hypotheses. The results show that communication technology use for work at home during off-job time is positively related to employee’s work-family conflict, including time-based conflict and strain-based conflict. Besides, family support moderates the impact of communication technology use for work at home on employee’s work-family conflict. Furthermore, psychological detachment mediates the moderating effect of family support on the relationship between communication technology use for work at home and employee’s work-family conflict. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future studies are discussed.</p>

Working While Caring for Mom, Dad, and Junior Too: Exploring the Impact of Employees’ Caregiving Situation on Demands, Control, and Perceived Stress

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 3248-3275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Halinski ◽  
Linda Duxbury ◽  
Chris Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work At Home ◽  
Dual Income ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
At Home

Although demographic evidence suggests that, in the developed world, the number of employees who provide both childcare and eldercare is substantial, we know very little about how these “sandwiched” employees differ from those who provide only one form of caregiving (i.e., childcare, eldercare). In this article, we use partial least squares structural equation modeling to examine dual-income employees in households with three different caregiving situations: employees with only childcare ( n = 4,129), only eldercare ( n = 599), and both childcare and eldercare ( n = 767). Findings show that demands contribute to stress more for sandwiched employees than those who provided only one form of caregiving, and more for employees with only eldercare demands than employees with only childcare demands. Results also indicate that control (at work, at home) negatively moderates the relationship between demands (at work, at home) and stress for some employees but not others.

scholarly journals Impact of Technology on Traditional Journalism in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (II) ◽  
pp. 112-120
Author(s):  
Faizan Ali ◽  
Qamar-uddin Zia Ghaznavi ◽  
Saima Khan
Keyword(s):  
Technological Literacy ◽  
Media Content ◽  
News Production ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Media ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Technology has influenced every aspect of life. Journalism and communication industries have also widely adapted to it. Traditional journalism has been revolutionized altogether with the implication of technology. From news production to news distribution, everything has become abrupt and unobstructed. This study focuses on the impact of technology on traditional journalism in Pakistan. An in-depth interview method has been employed as a research method. Providing insight into the issue, main research objectives include (i) analyze the scope of technology in Pakistani Journalism, (ii) exploring technological literacy in Pakistani journalism and (iii) seeing the impact of technology on the production and dissemination of journalistic content in Pakistan. This study concluded that technology had altered the overall landscape of journalism in Pakistan. It has assisted journalistic practices in a considerably effective way. Although there are constructive effects of mobile journalism, the concerns over authenticity and credibility of the media content have also been raised in Pakistan.

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