A Study of Attitudes Towards Telecommuting of Srilankan Information Technology Sector Employees
Posted: 15 Apr 2013
Date Written: April 13, 2013
Abstract
This research project examines the effects of demographic characteristics (age, gender, and marital status), household attributes (travel expenses and distance of home and workplace), support factors (supervisory support) and perceived advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting to individuals.
The sample comprised 238 IT professionals working in several prestigious software companies in Sri Lanka. Results suggest that men and women do not differ in their attitudes towards telecommuting. The variables; Supervisory support, travelling cost and perceived advantages has a positive relationship with telecommuting whereas age and perceived disadvantages has a negative relationship with attitude towards telecommuting. In addition the study also suggests that marital status has no relationship with attitudes towards telecommuting. Some of the findings in this study are align with the international findings (Teo, T.S.H., Lim, V.K.G. and Wai, S.H. 1998), whereas some of the findings are divergent to the findings of the other countries. The research’s main objective is to find out the Srilankan IT sector employees’ attitudes towards telecommuting.
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