telecommute

(verb)

To work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet.

Related Terms

  • virtual office

Examples of telecommute in the following topics:

  • Working from Home

    • Telecommuting offers benefits to communities, employers, and employees.
    • For individuals, telecommuting improves work-life balance.
    • A meta-analysis of 46 studies on telecommuting by Ravi Gajendran and David A.
    • This causes a serious obstacle in organizations attempting to adopt telecommuting.
    • The main concern about telecommuting is the fear of loss of control.
  • Flextime

    • A recent review by the Cochrane Collaboration has found that flexible working arrangements, such as flextime and telecommuting can have positive effects on health, but the effects are primarily seen when employees have some control over their new schedules.
    • Additionally, individuals who telecommute to work most of the work week are more satisfied with their jobs than are traditional employees who commute into a physical office location.
    • This man is telecommuting from a restaurant.
    • As a result of improvement in technology and Internet connectivity, one can telecommute from almost anywhere now.
  • The State of Global Business

    • They are also increasingly coming to use the internet to conduct many more basic business processes such as filing taxes and regulatory compliance forms, locating and initiating key business connections, coordinating work teams, and telecommuting.
  • Job security and people

    • Suggestions from employees that keep the business going (and save it millions of dollars) include telecommuting and flexible schedules.
  • Ethical Issues at an Organizational Level

    • Other perks may include, "on-site" childcare, flextime for work hours, employee education reimbursement, and even telecommuting for various days during a week.
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