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What Brazilian workers think about flexible work and telework?

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  • Francisco Antonio Coelho Junior
  • Cristiane Faiad
  • Mariana Carolina Barbosa Rego
  • Wilsa Maria Ramos

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Organisations are enabling and encouraging the use of information technologies in work-related tasks. In Brazil, few organisations have implemented telework and some issues need to be discussed considering the Brazilian organisations' reality. Who is eligible to telework? What is the profile of the teleworker? How is telework evaluated from the viewpoint of teleworkers themselves? Thus, this paper examines the perception that Brazilian teleworkers have about the advantages and disadvantages of this labour regime. It determines which are the facilitators and obstacles of telecommuting within a large Brazilian organisation. The paper is based upon 67 structured questionnaires completed by Brazilian teleworkers. The findings show that some of the advantages are flexibility, greater family time and the lower displacement costs. The Brazilian teleworkers seem motivated with this kind of modality of work, although most people miss their daily social contact with co-workers. The effects of telecommuting must be investigated in later studies.

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  • Francisco Antonio Coelho Junior & Cristiane Faiad & Mariana Carolina Barbosa Rego & Wilsa Maria Ramos, 2020. "What Brazilian workers think about flexible work and telework?," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(1), pages 16-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:20:y:2020:i:1:p:16-31
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    1. Ovidiu-Iulian BUNEA, 2021. "Perceptions Of The Factors That Influence The Labour Productivity Of Procurement Employees In E-Commerce Companies Under Telework Conditions," Management and Marketing Journal, University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 0(2), pages 181-193, November.
    2. Aniela Balacescu & Aurelia Patrascu & Loredana Maria Paunescu, 2021. "Adaptability to Teleworking in European Countries," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 23(58), pages 683-683, August.
    3. Soga, Lebene Richmond & Bolade-Ogunfodun, Yemisi & Mariani, Marcello & Nasr, Rita & Laker, Benjamin, 2022. "Unmasking the other face of flexible working practices: A systematic literature review," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 648-662.
    4. Luiz Antonio Joia & Lineu Fachin Leonardo, 2023. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Digital Transformation of Workplace: The Social Representation of Home-Office," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-20, October.

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