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Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance

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    Identifier: imarina:9326665
    Authors:
    de Andres-Sanchez, JorgeBelzunegui-Eraso, AngelErro-Garces, Amaya
    Abstract:
    Purpose: This paper aims to shed light on the perception of the consequences of implementing home teleworking (TW) for employers and employees amid the pandemic. By doing so, the research analyzes the factors that explain employers' and employees' perceptions of home TW and the symmetry of their impact on its acceptance and rejection. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is done over the survey “Trends in the digital society during SARS-COV-2 crisis in Spain” by the Spanish “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.” The explanatory variables were selected and classified using the well-known taxonomy of Baruch and Nicholson (i.e. individual factors, family/home, organizational and job-related). Findings: The global judgment of HTW is positive, but factors such as gender, age, children in care or being an employer nuance that perception. While some factors, such as the attitude of employees toward information communication technologies (ICTs), perceived productivity or the distance from home to work, have a significant link with both positive and negative perceptions of HTW, other factors can only explain either positive or negative perceptions. Likewise, the authors observed that being female and having children on care had a detrimental influence on opinions about HTW. Practical implications: A clearer regulation of TW is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. The authors also highlight the potentially favorable effects of telecommuting on mitigating depopulation in rural areas. Originality/value: The authors have also measured not only the significance of assessed factors on the overall judgment of HTW for firms and workers but also whether these factors impact acceptance and resistance attitudes toward TW symmetrica
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    Author, as appears in the article.: de Andres-Sanchez, Jorge; Belzunegui-Eraso, Angel; Erro-Garces, Amaya
    Department: Gestió d'Empreses Història i Història de l'Art
    URV's Author/s: Belzunegui Eraso, Angel Gabriel / De Andrés Sànchez, Jorge
    Keywords: Teleworking Spanish labor market Model Home teleworking Covid-19 pandemic Asymmetrical influence spanish labor market home teleworking covid-19 pandemic asymmetrical influence
    Abstract: Purpose: This paper aims to shed light on the perception of the consequences of implementing home teleworking (TW) for employers and employees amid the pandemic. By doing so, the research analyzes the factors that explain employers' and employees' perceptions of home TW and the symmetry of their impact on its acceptance and rejection. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is done over the survey “Trends in the digital society during SARS-COV-2 crisis in Spain” by the Spanish “Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.” The explanatory variables were selected and classified using the well-known taxonomy of Baruch and Nicholson (i.e. individual factors, family/home, organizational and job-related). Findings: The global judgment of HTW is positive, but factors such as gender, age, children in care or being an employer nuance that perception. While some factors, such as the attitude of employees toward information communication technologies (ICTs), perceived productivity or the distance from home to work, have a significant link with both positive and negative perceptions of HTW, other factors can only explain either positive or negative perceptions. Likewise, the authors observed that being female and having children on care had a detrimental influence on opinions about HTW. Practical implications: A clearer regulation of TW is needed to prevent imbalances in rights and obligations between companies and employees. The authors also highlight the potentially favorable effects of telecommuting on mitigating depopulation in rural areas. Originality/value: The authors have also measured not only the significance of assessed factors on the overall judgment of HTW for firms and workers but also whether these factors impact acceptance and resistance attitudes toward TW symmetrically.
    Thematic Areas: Strategy and management Sociologia i política Organizational behavior and human resource management Management of technology and innovation Management Industrial relations & labor Economia Ciencias sociales Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: jorge.deandres@urv.cat jorge.deandres@urv.cat angel.belzunegui@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7715-779X 0000-0002-7715-779X 0000-0002-6355-1593
    Record's date: 2024-09-28
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJM-10-2022-0505/full/html
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: International Journal Of Manpower. 45 (2): 358-378
    APA: de Andres-Sanchez, Jorge; Belzunegui-Eraso, Angel; Erro-Garces, Amaya (2024). Perception of home teleworking during COVID-19 crisis in Spain: significant factors and assymetrical influence on acceptance and resistance. International Journal Of Manpower, 45(2), 358-378. DOI: 10.1108/IJM-10-2022-0505
    Article's DOI: 10.1108/IJM-10-2022-0505
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2024
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Industrial Relations & Labor,Management,Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management
    Teleworking
    Spanish labor market
    Model
    Home teleworking
    Covid-19 pandemic
    Asymmetrical influence
    spanish labor market
    home teleworking
    covid-19 pandemic
    asymmetrical influence
    Strategy and management
    Sociologia i política
    Organizational behavior and human resource management
    Management of technology and innovation
    Management
    Industrial relations & labor
    Economia
    Ciencias sociales
    Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
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