Home-based telework in France: Characteristics, barriers and perspectives

The aim of this article is to explain the gap between high social expectations, particularly in terms of reducing commuting frequency, increasing productivity and improving work-life balance, and the reality of home-based telework. The authors use three French databases which give information about employers but also employees. The authors highlight that telework is not only a fairly restricted phenomenon but also one that lacks impetus; it is mainly an informal working arrangement. The main reasons raised by both employees and employers are the uncertain advantages coupled with immediate disadvantages. The conclusion examines different contextual factors that could alter this cost-benefits dilemma and foster the development of home-based telework.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.06.021
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856416305742
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Aguilera, Anne
  • Lethiais, Virginie
  • Rallet, Alain
  • Proulhac, Laurent
• Publication Date: 2016-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-11
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 92
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Databases; Employees; Employers; Social factors; Telecommuting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers (Challenges); Expectation (Psychology); Perspective (Point of view)
• Geographic Terms: France
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Policy; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01611434
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 2016 11:17AM