What is Telework

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Same as remote work, which refers to “any form of work not conducted in the central office, including work at branch locations and differing business units” ( Allen et al., 2015 , p. 43-44). Learn more in: Virtual Management During COVID-19: The Need for Context and Competence Development for Virtual Managers Because of the Pandemic

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An approved remote working arrangement between the employee and the company. Typically, the employee is working from home (United States Department of Defense, 2002). Learn more in: Status and Future Trends of Multimedia Interactivity on the Web

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Work done remotely from the office using some form of telecommunications; also referred to as telecommuting. Learn more in: Motivational Factors of Telework

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Work at a distance. Implies places different from the habitual one to make the labour activity (labour flexibility), a supervision and direction of the employees remote, an intensive labour activity in information and an intensive use of the IT Learn more in: Telework in the Context of E-Collaboration

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Use of computers and telecommunications to enable people to work remotely away from the office. The substitution of telecommunications for transportation. Learn more in: SPIT: Spam Over Internet Telephony

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Work done remotely from the office using some form of telecommunications; also referred to as telecommuting. Learn more in: Motivational Factors of Telework

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Telework is the practise of utilizing ICT tools to work from home or alternate locations to a traditional workplace. Learn more in: Teleworking: The “New Normal” in Response to a Pandemic

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Refers to work that is performed outside the workplace using information technologies. Learn more in: Transformational and Authentic Leadership in Telework

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A phenomenon where a worker will perform most or all of his or her professional work at home. Learn more in: Technologies and Services in Support of Virtual Workplaces

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Work done remotely from the office using some form of telecommunications; also referred to as telecommuting. Learn more in: Management and Telework

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Activities, tasks and participation, either separately or in the aggregate conducted at a distance through the medium of ICTs and group practices. Learn more in: Teleworking and the "Disability Divide"

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A working arrangement where at least some parts of the working tasks are performed outside the regular working place in an employee-employer -relation, and where information technology is an important tool Learn more in: Telework and Data Privacy and Security

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Form of work, in the context of an employment contract, where the tasks are carried out away from the employer’s premises on a regular basis, with the use of information technology to change the accepted geography of work. Learn more in: Exploring the Link between Flexible Work and Organizational Performance

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According to the European Commission, telework occurs when information and communications technologies (ICTs) are applied to enable work to be done at a distance from the place where the work results are needed or where the work would conventionally have been done. Learn more in: Environmental Drivers of E-Business Strategies Among SMEs

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A type of work and/or provision of services done remotely, at a distance, and online using computer and telematics technologies. Telework allows workers to work at home, from shared facilities, at customer sites, or via any platform that has the required technologies. Learn more in: Telework and Management in Public Organizations

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Work from a distance of the main office, either at home or in telework centers, generally using technologies. Learn more in: Communities of Practice as a Source of Open Innovation

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A work arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours. In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links. It refers to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating distance restrictions. Learn more in: Governmental and Cultural Factors in Broadband Adoption

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A way workers can perform their tasks that does not involve being physically present in their employer’s facilities. Employees can usually perform their duties remotely from places with access to a computer and the internet. Learn more in: Financial Capacity During a Pandemic Crisis: Insights From the Non-Profit Sector

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The ability to carry out work from a distance. For example, sitting at home and doing office work. Telework does not imply that the worker is mobile (i.e., in motion) in any sense even though the concept of telework is sometimes used as a synonym for mobile work. Learn more in: Anytime, Anywhere Mobility

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work from a distance of the main office, either at home or in telework centers, generally using technologies. Learn more in: Virtual Communities of Practice