Research

A variety of organisations have been researching telework in Australia and New Zealand, as well as further afield. If you know of additional reports that should be mentioned on this web site please contact the site administrator.

Australian research

Impacts of teleworking under the NBN Study by Access Economics for Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. June 2010 
http://www.dbcde.gov.au/digital_economy/benefits_of_digital_economy_from_nbn.

The Sensis Business Index Teleworking Research Report July 2009 Download (PDF) >>

Teleworking Life Cycle Analysis September 2008. This report commissioned by Telstra looks at the envirnomental benefits associated with teleworking. Download (PDF) >>

CPA Australia Telework: a scoping study August 2007. Available from the CPA Australia web site

Telecommunications Journal of Australia Broadband Telecommunications and Urban Travel 2007, R J Nairn. This paper was one of the winners of the Eckermann-TJA prize in the Broadband Environmental Sustainability Challenge run under the auspices of the Telecommunications Society of Australia (see www.tsa.org.au) in 2007.

Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women Teleworking – Building capacity, Sustaining Rural and Regional Communities, and Creating Opportunities for Women. The full research report, executive summary and promotional brochure is available on the FAAW web site.

S.A.Whiteman and G.N.Dick, University of New South Wales Telecommuting – In this virtual world, what is holding it back? This study formed part of the proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Telework, Fredericton, Canada 2006.

Meyers, N., & Hearn, G. Communication and control: Case studies in Australian telecommuting, published in the Australian Journal of Communication, 27 (2), pp.39-64. (2000). This article (PDF) focuses on the results of 39 in-depth semi-structured interviews from 12 Australian organizations conducted as part of Meyers' PhD in telework (awarded 2000). His qualitative data mentioned in the article was also used to develop a questionnaire for a quantitative study with N=155 Australian and US teleworkers which further examined predictive factors (teleworker job satisfaction; teleworker productivity; teleworker lifestyle satisfaction) as contributors to sustainable telecommuting/telework.

New Zealand research

Telework New Zealand Waitakere City Council: Telework and Travel August 2004. Download (MS Word) >>

Telework New Zealand Wellington Regional Council TDM Project: The employer's survey May 2000. Download (MS Word) >>

Other research

(A wide ranging selection of international research is available at the Journal of E-Work.)

The State of Telework in the U.S. How Individuals, Business, & Government Benefit (Telework Research Network, June 27, 2011)http://www.workshifting.com/downloads/downloads/Telework-Trends-US.pdf

Telework 2011: A WorldatWork Special Report (Based on Data Collected by The Dieringer Research Group Inc.and WorldatWork, June 23, 2011)http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=53034

Supporting Teleworkers with the Right Technology for Success (Frost & Sullivan, June 15, 2011)http://www.readytalk.com/blog/2011/06/15/supporting-teleworkers-with-the-right-technology-for-success

Telework Achieving Higher Levels of Federal Employee Productivity, Inclusion, and Environmental Sustainability (Cisco, May 2011 )http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/gov/Mobile_Federal_Workforce_IBSG.pdf

The 2010 Commuter Connections State of the Commute report 21 July 2010 Connect (PDF) >>

Mineta Transportation Institute: Facilitating telecommuting: exploring the role of telecommuting intensity and differences between telecommuters and non-telecommuters June 2010 Download (PDF) >>

Tamas FORGACS (2010): Regional development – rural employment opportunities. Perspective os Innovations, Economics and Business Journal Vol.5 (a Telecentre study) Download (PDF) >>

The US OPM's August 2009 report on teleworking in the public sector is now available Download (PDF) >>

Congestion Mitigation Commission Technical Analysis: Telecommuting Incentives December 2007. This report (a PDF) was prepared for New York City by Cambridge Systematics.

Telework Exchange Face to Face with Management Reality October 2007. Available from the Telework Exchange web site.

The Sensis Business Index Teleworking Research Report July 2007 Download (PDF) >>

Kathy Leotta, Parsons Brinckerhoff Implementing the Most Effective Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategies to Quickly Reduce Oil Consumption January 2007 Download (PDF) >>

Telecommuting in the 21st Century: benefits, issues and a leadership model which will work. 22 March 2002  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9132499_ITM

Health Education Research Vol.15 no.3 (2000) Health Circles for teleworkers: selective results on stress, strain and coping styles by Udi Konradt, Renate Schmook, Andreas Wilm and Guido Hertel. Available as a PDF.