Seeking equilibrium between telecommuting and working in the office
Tsumarau, Aliaksandr (2021)
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Tsumarau, Aliaksandr
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021060514477
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021060514477
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Telecommuting as a practice has been increasingly gaining popularity over the last few decades as a supposedly better alternative to the more traditional way of working in the office thus attracting interest of practitioners and researchers around the world. With rapid advancements in the field of information technology, telecommuting has become available to workers around the globe.
Since telecommuting was first introduced it provoked a lot of debating between researchers. Debates were held regarding the reliability of this method of working as it is a completely contradictory to the way business has been historically conducted.
The objective of this study is to analyze existing research on telecommuting and review its benefits and disadvantages compared to more traditional way of working in the office. This study also aims to suggest ways to improve the benefits of telecommuting and minimise its flaws. In addition, the goal is to develop a working method, that will assist the management team of a case company to determine at which point of the employees’ professional career, which of the working environments will be more beneficial for the employees and the company.
The research was conducted using qualitative method. Research material was collected utilizing survey. In total, seventeen employees participated in the survey. All collected data was carefully analysed to find key benefits and disadvantages of both telecommuting and working in the office. The results were also compared with the theory and similar studies to find differences and similarities. The results were well in line with written theory of telecommuting and already conducted similar studies.
The result of this study indicates that both telecommuting and working in the office have their own benefits and drawbacks. Based on these findings it was suggested to keep employees working from the office during the time while they complete all necessary training. After that it is suggested to consider allowing employees to telecommute as long as they can successfully resolve most of the work-related issues on their own.
Based on the results, few improvements were suggested for both working environments. These improvements are thoroughly reviewed in the dedicated section of the study.
Since telecommuting was first introduced it provoked a lot of debating between researchers. Debates were held regarding the reliability of this method of working as it is a completely contradictory to the way business has been historically conducted.
The objective of this study is to analyze existing research on telecommuting and review its benefits and disadvantages compared to more traditional way of working in the office. This study also aims to suggest ways to improve the benefits of telecommuting and minimise its flaws. In addition, the goal is to develop a working method, that will assist the management team of a case company to determine at which point of the employees’ professional career, which of the working environments will be more beneficial for the employees and the company.
The research was conducted using qualitative method. Research material was collected utilizing survey. In total, seventeen employees participated in the survey. All collected data was carefully analysed to find key benefits and disadvantages of both telecommuting and working in the office. The results were also compared with the theory and similar studies to find differences and similarities. The results were well in line with written theory of telecommuting and already conducted similar studies.
The result of this study indicates that both telecommuting and working in the office have their own benefits and drawbacks. Based on these findings it was suggested to keep employees working from the office during the time while they complete all necessary training. After that it is suggested to consider allowing employees to telecommute as long as they can successfully resolve most of the work-related issues on their own.
Based on the results, few improvements were suggested for both working environments. These improvements are thoroughly reviewed in the dedicated section of the study.
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