Research Design Connection: Benefits of TeleWork
Canonico’s research indicates that the performance-related benefits of telework decrease over time. After collecting data from more than 500 employees of a British organization, she determined that “The benefits of working from home disappear over time for both employees and organisations if it is a full-time arrangement…While previous studies have demonstrated that home workers are more productive than office-based workers,…[this study] shows that on a long term basis, there are no differences between home and office workers. The reason, according to Dr. Esther Canonico from LSE’s Department of Management, is that employees no longer see home working as a discretionary benefit or a ‘privilege’ when it becomes the ‘norm’ in an organisation. Dr. Canonico says: ‘The study showed that some home working employees feel resentful that employers don’t pay their utility bills, or cover stationery costs, for example. Some managers, on the other hand, feel home workers take advantage …
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