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Farah Diyanah Ismail, Abdul Azeez Kadar Hamsa & Mansor IbrahimAnalysis of Factors Influencing the Stated Preference of Academic Employees Towards Telecommutingin IIUM Campus, GombakNoCountPercentage ofrespondents who arenot likely to practicetelecommuting interms of time spenton research1341.9%26.5%1238.7%39.7%13.2%31100.0%Source: Primary Survey, 2011* Least frequent = (1-8 hours per week), Less frequent = (9-16 hours per week), Frequent = (17-24 hours perweek), More frequent = (25-32 hours per week), Most frequent = (More than 32 hours per week)H1H2H3H4ResearchStatementTable 9: Summary of Research HypothesesHypothesis VariablesChisquaredfValueFurther the commutedistance from home toworkplace, greater theacademic employeesshow preference topractice telecommuteLonger the commutetime experienced toworkplace, higher theinclination of theacademic employeesto telecommuteMarried femaleacademic employeeswith children at homeare more likely to statepreference towardstelecommutingGreater the time spenton research, morelikely the academicemployees to showtheir willingness totelecommute1. Commutedistance fromhome toworkplace2. Willingness totele-commute1. Commute timebetween homeand workplace2. Preferencetowards telecommuting1. Gender2. Marital status3. Children status4. Preference toperform telecommuting1. Frequency oftime spent onresearch2. Willingnesstowards telecommutingAsymp. Sig.(2-sided)Interpretation.109 2 .947 InsignificantrelationshipAverage travel time toworkplaceInsignificantrelationship.210 2 .647Average travel time fromworkplace.391 2 .5326.691 1 .010 Statisticallysignificant4.151 2 .126 InsignificantrelationshipSource: Primary Survey, 2011The results of the hypothesis showed whether or not there existrelationship between preference to telecommute and the chosen variables. Theresults showed that as many as three hypotheses were tested statisticallyinsignificant at 95% confidence interval. However, these results should beapplied with caution because of the limitation in the selection of total samplesize.© 2012 by MIP 58
PLANNING MALAYSIAJournal of the Malaysia Institute of Planners (2012)Perceived advantages on the preference towards telecommutingThis study also analyzed on the motivational factors that influenced thepreferences towards telecommuting by using Relative Importance Index (RII)method. The results showed that “increase flexibility to work at own pace” wasthe most important factor (RII=0.84). Previous studies also mentioned that theimportance of individual’s freedom is one of the key telecommuting facilitatorsas perceived by employees (Feldman and Gainey, 1997; Pulido and Lopez,2005). “Proper management of time” was the second most important factor(RII=0.81) followed by “having more time with family” (RII=0.80), “ability toreduce travel time” (RII=0.78) and “ability to contribute in reducing trafficcongestion” (RII=0.78). Furthermore, “increase comfort of workspace (i.e. athome)” (RII=0.76) and “ability to contribute in reducing pollution” (RII=0.75)were the other important factors, according to ranking index, as perceived bythe academic staffs on the factors towards telecommuting. Findings from earlierstudies showed that increasing productivity is considered as a key factor foremployees to adopt telecommuting (Kurland and Bailey, 1999; Lim et al., 2003;Mills et al., 2001; Tung and Turban, 1996). However, this study has found that“increase productivity” (RII=0.74) and “increase job performance” (RII=0.74)were scored low ranking values by the respondents. The other factors whichscored low ranking values are: “ability to reduce stress of traveling to work”(RII=0.74), “ability to reduce travel cost” (RII=0.73), “need to travel less”(RII=0.72), “control over physical environment (i.e. at home)” (RII=0.71) and“ability to avoid long commute distance” (RII=0.70). Refer to (Table 10). Theranking of these factors indicates what actually perceived as the importantcontributing factors towards willingness to practice telecommuting by theacademic staffs.Table 10: Factors influencing the motivation towards telecommutingFactors influencing theFrequency of respondentsR.I.I.* Rankpreference to telecommute (1)* (2)* (3)* (4)* (5)* *Increase flexibility to work at 0 3 13 20 32 0.84 1own paceProper management of time 1 6 9 26 26 0.81 2Having more time with the 3 7 10 15 33 0.80 3familyAbility to reduce travel time 4 7 11 15 31 0.78 4Ability to contribute in2 7 15 17 27 0.78 5reducing traffic congestionIncrease comfort of3 5 18 19 23 0.76 6workspace (i.e. at home)Ability to contribute in3 6 19 16 24 0.75 7reducing pollutionIncrease job performance 3 9 11 27 18 0.74 8Increase productivity 2 10 13 24 19 0.74 859© 2012 by MIP
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