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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Main Authors:	Ismail, Farah Diyanah, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez, Mohamed, Mohd Zin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
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

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spelling	iium-401822018-05-23T04:17:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/ Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia Ismail, Farah Diyanah Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez Mohamed, Mohd Zin NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying 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. 2014-12-12 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/1/tpmdc2014_submission_175.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40182/16/factors_influencing.pdf Ismail, Farah Diyanah and Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez and Mohamed, Mohd Zin (2014) Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia. In: International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementations Methodologies for Developing Countries (11th TPMDC 2014), 10th-12th December 2014, Powai, Mumbai, India. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying Ismail, Farah Diyanah Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez Mohamed, Mohd Zin Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
description	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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ismail, Farah Diyanah Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez Mohamed, Mohd Zin
author_facet	Ismail, Farah Diyanah Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez Mohamed, Mohd Zin
author_sort	Ismail, Farah Diyanah
title	Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
title_short	Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full	Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
title_fullStr	Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia
title_sort	factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in international islamic university malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	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
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Factors influencing the stated preference of university employees towards telecommuting in International Islamic University Malaysia

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