The perfect ‘absentee’ employee
You never hear complaints about him from his supervisors and he floods your inbox with great ideas. He is, however, never around. He is a telecommuter.
Why telecommuting upsets some…who don’t do it
Telecommuting is painted as a boon for workers. Is it? Research suggests teleworkersexperience a number of positive outcomes. But recently, a study of mine was published in the journal Human Relations that investigates telework’s impact on co-workers. Essentially, the study found that as the proportion of teleworkers in a work unit increased, non-teleworkers were less satisfied with these co-workers.
Workers need flexibility: Study
Job flexibility is the key to keeping workers happy, productive and loyal to the company, a new study shows.
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., found that workers who enjoyed more work flexibility were also less likely to say health problems affected their performance at work.
Has Telecommuting Fallen from Grace?
There was a time when telecommuting was seen as a panacea. The proliferation of wireless technology had made it easier for workers in countless arenas to work from their living rooms or the coffee shop of their choice, leading waves of companies to embrace partial or total remote work policies for their masses.