Abstract
The communication and information technology, particularly the Internet, has dramatically changed the way we have done business before. Therefore. Some different work arrangements have emerged in the technology-based business, such as telecommuting, mobile office, hoteling, satellite office, etc. The number of telecommuters in the US today is up to 25 million. In Taiwan, China Productivity Center (CPC), Taiwan Xerox, Taiwan IBM, and Taiwan HP have implemented the mobile office system for several years. Arthur Andersen and Sun also built their flexible office last year.
As the literatures indicated that telecommuting did increase organizational flexibility, job efficiency, employee satisfaction, productivity, customer satisfaction, while reduce commuting time and transportation costs, office spaces. However, the teleworkers felt more isolated as a result of working in a remote environment. Their interpersonal relationship and communication with supervisor or co-worker all got worse. Besides, managers also worried about telecommuting will reduce their authority and control power.
The main purpose of this study is to understand how Internet affect the individual worker¡¦s work style, especially what are the key factors being considered in telecommuting. Finally, the proposed telecommuting model would be empirically examined in the selected information technology-based organizations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0121102-161215 |
| Date | 21 January 2002 |
| Creators | Wang, Ning-Ying |
| Contributors | none, Gary Hue, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0121102-161215 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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