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 priv...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/1/tpmdc2014_submission_175.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/16/factors_influencing.pdf |
| Summary: | 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. |
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