According to two Penn State researchers in management, telecommuting is good both for workers and their employers. The two psychologists looked at 20 years of research on flexible work arrangements, covering 46 previous studies of telecommuting involving more than 12,000 employees. And they found that ‘telecommuting is a win-win for employees and employers, resulting in higher morale and job satisfaction and lower employee stress and turnover.’ One of the major factors in employee satisfaction is autonomy, and telecommuting brings that to individuals. This large meta-study also reveals that people who often work at home think their careers don’t suffer from telecommuting. But read more…
According to two Penn State researchers in management, telecommuting is good both for workers and their employers. The two psychologists looked at 20 years of research on flexible work arrangements, covering 46 previous studies of telecommuting involving more than 12,000 employees. And they found that ‘telecommuting is a win-win for employees and employers, resulting in [...]
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Penn State researchers’ study is good enough to encourage telecommuting..no doubt..but still, in my point of view, it can be a part time affair rather than a full time one. Interacting in person will definitely have better results than with phone calls and mailers.
Steve