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Does "Out of Sight" Mean "Out of Mind"? An Empirical Investigation of the Career Advancement Prospects of Telecommuters

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  • Donna W. McCloskey

    (Widener University, USA)

  • Magid Igbaria

    (Claremont Graduate University, USA)

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The fear that telecommuting will have a negative impact on career advancement prospects has been a barrier to telecommuting acceptance. This study sought to examine whether professionals who telecommute on a part-time basis did indeed experience less advancement prospects than their non-telecommuting peers did. The results indicate that this fear is unfounded. Telecommuting did not have a direct effect on career advancement prospects or an indirect effect through job performance evaluations. Additionally, the level of telecommuting participation did not have an impact on career advancement. Employees who telecommuted more frequently did not experience significantly different job performance evaluations or career advancement prospects than those who telecommuted less. The paper concludes with the limitations of this study and directions for future research.

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  • Donna W. McCloskey & Magid Igbaria, 2003. "Does "Out of Sight" Mean "Out of Mind"? An Empirical Investigation of the Career Advancement Prospects of Telecommuters," Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), IGI Global, vol. 16(2), pages 19-34, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:rmj000:v:16:y:2003:i:2:p:19-34
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    1. Balazs Aczel & Marton Kovacs & Tanja van der Lippe & Barnabas Szaszi, 2021. "Researchers working from home: Benefits and challenges," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-13, March.
    2. Marta Fana & Santo Milasi & Joanna Napierala & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Ignacio Gonzalez Vazquez, 2020. "Telework, work organisation and job quality during the COVID-19 crisis: a qualitative study," JRC Working Papers on Labour, Education and Technology 2020-11, Joint Research Centre.
    3. Vathsala Wickramasinghe & Chamudi Mallawaarachchi, 2022. "Organization support as an antecedent of self-efficacy during the COVID-19 lockdown in Sri Lanka," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(9), pages 1-17, September.
    4. Georges A. Tanguay & Ugo Lachapelle, 2019. "Potential Impacts of Telecommuting on Transportation Behaviours, Health and Hours Worked in Québec," CIRANO Project Reports 2019rp-07, CIRANO.

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