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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology

Telecommuting

A subset of telework, in which work is carried out in an office inside the home of the worker. The replacement of transportation (commuting to a home office or other worksite) through the use of electronic communications. (see Connell, 2002, p. 287; Nilles, Carlson, Gray, & Hanneman, 1976). One can speak of degrees of telecommuting, reflecting the percentage of time that workers are allowed to telecommute. It is an odd fact of the history of industrialization that in the earliest phase of industrialization, piece work was the primary means of production, which involved workers working out of their homes to complete simple manufacturing tasks. There followed the period of centralized work, through factories and office complexes. Now we are experimenting with home-based telecommuting.

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