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Teleworking: An Examination Of The Irish Dichotomy, Deirdre Donovan
Teleworking: An Examination Of The Irish Dichotomy, Deirdre Donovan
Theses
Changing demographics and labour market structures are placing increased pressure on identifying work/life balance solutions, while global competition is forcing companies to look beyond traditional solutions to search for competitive advantage. Recent rapid technology developments facilitate a strategic application of teleworking, which, in suitable organisations, would appear to alleviate both of these issues. Despite this, the limited evidence that exists in the telework literature indicates a dearth of telework in Irish companies, and recent research on the reasons for this, form a gap in the literature.
This study, therefore, empirically examines the key factors that influence the extent of telework …