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Analysis of factors influencing the stated preference of academic employees towards telecommuting in IIUM campus, Gombak

Telecommuting acts as one of the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures that aimed to reduce peak hour traffic congestion by allowing commuters to work from home or a nearby telecommuting centre on certain days of the week. The increasing private vehicle usage by IIUM community (staffs and students) is posing a strain on the ability of the existing road and the related infrastructure on-campus. The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing the stated preference of the academic staffs of IIUM towards various aspects of telecommuting. About 100 respondents had participated in this study through a self-administered questionnaire survey. Four research hypotheses highlighting the relationship between the preference to telecommute and commute distance, commute time, marital status having children as well as amount of time spent on research were formulated. Among the hypotheses, only the hypothesis highlighting the preference to telecommute and married female staff with children was tested statistically significant at 95% confidence interval. On the preference to telecommute, about 68% of the respondents expressed willingness to telecommute, even though, the University does not have an official policy on telecommuting arrangement. Some of the recommendations to increase the penetration of telecommuting in IIUM are: establishing telecommuting arrangement; promoting awareness of telecommuting; implementing telecommuting pilot project and conducting further study on various other aspects of telecommuting

A literature review on the factors influencing employees' preference towards telecommuting

Telecommuting is one of the possible solutions to several problems, especially traffic congestion, parking demand in large cities around the world. It is one of the transportation demand management measures to control increase in the travel demand by private vehicles during peak hours. It is apparent that the growth in the number of private vehicles in many Universities has been exerting tremendous pressure on the road infrastructure, parking supply and related traffic facilities. The increase in the number of private vehicle trips in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) has made congestion during peak hours resulting in long queue of vehicles entering and leaving the campus, parking along the road side resulting in decrease in road capacity and increase in environmental damages. Physical extension of the road network to overcome the traffic problems is not always possible due to the limited availability of land space and other resources. Telecommuting is one of the potential measures to overcome the increasing number of private vehicles on-campus by allowing potential employees to telecommute especially at home. The possible adoption of telecommuting by potential employees is an area of concern before it can be considered for implementation. The purpose of this paper is to analyse literature on telecommuting aspects including factors contributing towards preference to telecommute

Modelling the effects of factors on the stated preference towards telecommuting in IIUM campus, Gombak

The increase in number of private vehicles has not only taken place in central cities, but has also occurred in university campuses. High use of private vehicles by IIUM community is posing a strain on the ability of the existing road to cope with the increasing traffic volume and parking demand within the campus. Telecommuting is one of the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures that aimed at reducing peak hour traffic congestion by allowing commuters to work from home to save their driving time to work, and more importantly to eliminate some vehicle trips. The main objective of this paper is to estimate the effects of the factors on the choice of telecommuting. Three hundred respondents participated in this study through survey questionnaire, which has resulted in a response rate of 67.11%. Findings indicate that 29% and 19.2% of the academic and administrative staff preferred to telecommute, if they were given the option. Multinomial logistic regression was conducted to estimate the effects of socioeconomic, trip and work related factors on the preference to telecommute. Parameter estimates on the administrative employees’ preference to telecommute indicate that number of young children, frequency of face-to-face communication and frequency of using email were significant factors in predicting whether an individual is more inclined to choose ‘definitely yes’ towards performing telecommuting as compared to ‘not at all’. As for academic employees, delay time (home-workplace), frequency of face-to-face communication, frequency of using fax machine, frequency of using email and frequency of using mobile network were significant predictors for the preference of ‘definitely yes’ towards telecommuting as compared to ‘not at all’

Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia

The problem of traffic congestion, especially in metropolitan areas clearly indicates that congestion is steadily worsening. Surprisingly, this trend is also predominant in the major higher learning institutions in Malaysia. The increasing private vehicle use by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) community (both staff and students) has contributed to increase in traffic volume and thus developing long queues and traffic disturbances along the major road particularly during peak hours. In this context, telecommuting is seen as one of the supporting options to reduce the level of congestion and parking demand oncampus. The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that influence the stated preference of employees towards telecommuting adoption in IIUM. A questionnaire survey was administered targeting both academic and administrative staff of the University. The questionnaire consists of four sections, which are demographic profile, travel behaviours, work characteristics and perceptions on various aspects of telecommuting. The findings showed that concept of telecommuting were widely accepted by the IIUM employees. Presence of children, travel distance, travel time, delay time and frequency of face-to-face communication were significant factors contributing the academic employees to telecommute. However, only presence of children and frequency of face-to-face communication were significant factors influencing the choice of administrative staff towards telecommuting

Stated preference approach towards the adoption of telecommuting in higher learning institution

Telecommuting is one of the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures to reduce peak hour traffic congestion. It allows commuters to work from home or a nearby telecommuting centre on certain days of the week. It is designed not only to help commuters to save their driving time to work, but more importantly to eliminate some vehicle trips. The purpose of this research is to investigate factors influencing the stated preference of the employees towards telecommuting adoption at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and their perceptions on various aspects of telecommuting. The increasing number of staffs and students has contributed to the high number of private vehicles in IIUM. The increase in the private vehicle use by the IIUM community (staff and students) is inducing strain on the capacity of the existing roads and the related infrastructure. The existing traffic scenario in the IIUM has necessitated a study on the applicability of telecommuting as an alternative work arrangement. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the level of acceptance of the telecommuting adoption and look into the initiatives of implementing it at the institutions of higher educational campuses. This study in particular, was undertaken due to the benefits that it will bring to the employees, and to address the current traffic and parking problems. Three hundred respondents participated in this study through survey questionnaire. The questionnaire included demographic profile, trip characteristics, work characteristics and perceptions of telecommuting. Three principal hypotheses and ten sub-hypotheses highlighting the relationship between the preference to telecommute and the presence of young children, married females with children, commuted distance, travel time, delay time, length of service, as well as frequency of face-to-face communication were formulated. The data collected indicate that 20.2% and 26.9% of administrative and academic respondents were very familiar with telecommuting concept. The findings of this study also show 29% and 19.2% of the academic and administrative staff preferred to telecommute while 44% and 52.5% reported that they might consider adopting telecommuting, if they were given the option. Chi-square test, Kendall’s correlation coefficient and Cramer’s V were conducted to test the statistical significant relationships between the preference to telecommute and demographic, trip characteristics, work characteristics and perceptions on the aspects of telecommuting. The presence and the number of young children, frequency of face-to-face communication and frequency of using emails were found to be significant factors that contributed to the propensity towards telecommuting for both administrative and academic staff. Marital status, nationality, commuted distance, travel time, delay time, commute cost, allocation of time spent on research were significantly associated with the choice of telecommuting for academic employees. Given that the University does not have an official policy on telecommuting arrangement, some recommendations calling for the penetration of telecommuting in the IIUM were proposed. Such as, (i) establish formal policy of telecommuting arrangement in the university; (ii) provide monetary assistance for necessary equipment; (iii) implement a telecommuting pilot project and (iv) monitor employees’ productivity and quality of work through Key Performance Index (KPI) every half yearly

Modelling the effect of factors on the stated preference towards telecommuting in IIUM campus, Gombak

Objectives The increase in number of private vehicles has not only taken place in central cities, but has also occurred in university campuses. High use of private vehicles by IIUM community is posing a strain on the ability of the existing road to cope with the increasing traffic volume and parking demand within the campus. Telecommuting is one of the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures that aimed at reducing peak hour traffic congestion by allowing commuters to work from home to save their driving time to work, and more importantly to eliminate some vehicle trips. The main objective of this paper is to estimate the effects of the factors on the choice of telecommuting. Data and methodology Academic and administrative staff of IIUM were selected as the target population for this study because of their high involvement in using computers and internet in their daily work tasks. A total of 447 questionnaires were distributed to the employees, and of these, 300 completed questionnaires with usable data were returned, resulting in a 67.11% response rate. Two approaches were used in the data collection, namely face-to-face interviews and also through distribution of self-administered questionnaires that were later collected from the respondents. The questionnaire consists of four sections: demographic profile, trip characteristicis, work characteristics and perceptions on the aspects of telecommuting. The choice to select telecommuting is presented in an ordinal scale with three options: definitely yes; may consider; and not at all. Multinomial logistic regression was conducted to estimate the effects of socio-economic, trip and work related factors on the preference to telecommute. Expected results Parameter estimates on the administrative employees’ preference to telecommute indicate that number of young children, frequency of face-to-face communication and frequency of using email were significant factors in predicting whether an individual is more inclined to choose ‘definitely yes’ towards performing telecommuting as compared to ‘not at all’. As for academic employees, delay time (home-workplace), frequency of face-to-face communication, frequency of using fax machine, frequency of using email and frequency of using mobile network were significant predictors for the preference of ‘definitely yes’ towards telecommuting as compared to ‘not at all’

Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia

The problem of traffic congestion, especially in metropolitan areas, is well documented and the data in many major cities clearly indicates that congestion is steadily worsening. Surprisingly, this trend is also predominant in the major higher learning institutions in Malaysia. The increasing private vehicle use by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) community (both staff and students) has contributed to increase in traffic volume and thus developing long queues and traffic disturbances along the major road particularly during peak hours. This problem has further exacerbated the use of existing road infrastructure and in many instances, it cannot able to cope with the increasing number of vehicles. In this context, telecommuting is seen as one of the supporting options to reduce the level of congestion and parking demand on-campus. The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that influence the stated preference of employees towards telecommuting adoption in IIUM. A questionnaire survey was administered targeting both academic and administrative staff of the University. The questionnaire consists of four sections, which are demographic profile, travel behaviours, work characteristics and perceptions on various aspects of telecommuting. The findings showed that concept of telecommuting were widely accepted by the IIUM employees. Presence of children, travel distance, travel time, delay time and frequency of face-to-face communication were significant factors contributing the academic employees to telecommute. However, only presence of children and frequency of face-to-face communication were significant factors influencing the choice of administrative staff towards telecommuting. This paper also narrates recommendations and conclusions based on the major research findings

Analysis of literature review on factors influencing the adoption of telecommuting

Telecommuting is increasingly being perceived as a viable travel demand management strategy that aims to reduce peak hour traffic congestion by allowing commuters to work from home or a nearby telecommuting centre on certain days of the week. The increasing private vehicle usage by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) community is posing a strain on the ability of the existing road and the related infrastructure to cope with the increasing traffic volume and parking demand within the campus. Due to the diverse travel patterns and work characteristics of IIUM employees, adoption of telecommuting by staffs is perceived as a potential means of reducing the peak hour traffic in IIUM. The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of IIUM employees on various aspects of telecommuting. This paper, however, highlights on the rationale behind the study and literature background of telecommuting aspects especially on factors influencing the preference towards telecommuting

Analysing factors influencing stated preference of the administrative and academic employees towards telecommuting in IIUM Campus, Gombak

Telecommuting is seen as a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) tool that can reduce congestion by eliminating a trip or shifting it out of the peak travel period by allowing employees to work from home. This paper constitutes an empirical study on factors influencing the choice of telecommuting adoption in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) among the administrative and academic employees. Methods of analysisconducted in this study are chi-square test and spearman’s correlation coefficient. The results showed that age, marital status, presence of children age 12 and less and frequency of face to face communication were significantly associated with the preference towards telecommuting. Furthermore, this research has tested the relationship between facilitators of telecommuting and willingness to telecommute as well as relationship between inhibitors of telecommuting and the willingness to perform telecommuting. Lastly, the study concludes with suggestions and recommendations to increase the penetration of telecommuting in IIUM