TY - JOUR
T1 - A Quasi-Experimental Examination of Telework Eligibility and Participation in the U.S. Federal Government
AU - Lee, David
AU - Kim, Sun Young
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - This article examines the causal effects of telework eligibility and participation on employee attitudes, including perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay, in the U.S. federal government. Drawing on the literatures on social exchange and organizational justice, we investigate how telework eligibility and participation influence employee attitudes and whether different reasons for nonparticipation have varying impacts. Our findings show that those employees who are eligible to telework report higher levels of perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay than do those employees who are ineligible. On the other hand, the effects of telework participation on employee attitudes depend upon the reasons why nonparticipants do not telework. Specifically, when employees do not telework because of insufficient technical or managerial support, they report significantly lower levels of perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay than do teleworkers. However, nontelework due to job requirements or personal choice does not have significant, negative effects on work attitudes.
AB - This article examines the causal effects of telework eligibility and participation on employee attitudes, including perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay, in the U.S. federal government. Drawing on the literatures on social exchange and organizational justice, we investigate how telework eligibility and participation influence employee attitudes and whether different reasons for nonparticipation have varying impacts. Our findings show that those employees who are eligible to telework report higher levels of perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay than do those employees who are ineligible. On the other hand, the effects of telework participation on employee attitudes depend upon the reasons why nonparticipants do not telework. Specifically, when employees do not telework because of insufficient technical or managerial support, they report significantly lower levels of perceived fairness, job satisfaction, and intention to stay than do teleworkers. However, nontelework due to job requirements or personal choice does not have significant, negative effects on work attitudes.
KW - eligibility
KW - federal government
KW - participation
KW - telework arrangements
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027280588&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0734371X16680269
DO - 10.1177/0734371X16680269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027280588
SN - 0734-371X
VL - 38
SP - 451
EP - 471
JO - Review of Public Personnel Administration
JF - Review of Public Personnel Administration
IS - 4
ER -