International Journal of Business, Technology, and Organizational Behavior (IJBTOB)
Vol. 1 No. 4 (2021): August | International Journal of Business, Technology and Organizational Behav

Assessment of Factors Underpinning Employee’s Interest and Preference for Telecommuting in Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Koleayo Oluwafemi Omoyajowo (National Centre for Technology Management, Lagos Study Centre, Victoria Island Lagos)
Adeyemi Adewale Akinola (Mountain Top University, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria)
Mary Adetutu Adewunmi (National Centre for Technology Management, Lagos Study Centre, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria)
Grace Ojo-Emmanuel (National Centre for Technology Management, Abuja Study Centre, Abuja)
Allen Ebosiem (National Centre for Technology Management, Lagos Study Centre, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria)
Kolawole Ayodeji Omoyajowo (National Centre for Technology Management, Abuja Study Centre, Abuja)
Aziba-anyam Gift Raimi (Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Aug 2021

Abstract

Public awareness on environmentally sound practices viz-a-viz strategies that may also sustain a balanced work life culture cannot be overemphasized. Telecommuting represents one of those viable environmentally sound practices that offer flexibility to employees through working from their homes which to a great extent have improved employee’s productivity. This study assessed the level of awareness about telecommuting as well as the factors underpinning employee’s interest and preference for telecommuting in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 220 responses from structured questionnaires was designed to capture the level of awareness, interest, readiness, and perception of employees towards telecommuting in Lagos Island, both descriptive and inferential analysis was used for the study. The study shows that 72% were aware of telecommuting and its associated benefits while about 90% opined that telecommuting will be suitable to their work. There was also a significant positive but weak relationship among employee’s preference for telecommuting and factors such as age, marital status, awareness about telecommuting, and the experience of traffic gridlock and its associated stress .This study concluded that with the high level of awareness of telecommuting, organisations should gainfully harness the wide array of prospects that accompanies the adoption of telecommuting which has the long term advantage of stimulating labor productivity.

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ijbtob

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Humanities Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Library & Information Science Social Sciences

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International Journal of Business, Technology, and Organizational Behavior (IJBTOB) (e-ISSN: 2775-4936) is a peer-reviewed journal in the field of general management, entrepreneurship, marketing, Human Resource, Accounting, Business Finance, Business Technology, Digital Technology, Digital ...