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