Is E-communication key to homeworker job satisfaction and promotion?
Without that five minutes chat by the watercooler, the open-ended lunch break, or a boss’s beckoning door, homeworkers can often feel isolated from colleagues and the opportunities for informal networking and mentoring that are wrought by the almost mythical 9-to-5. Without the ties that bind, those working from home offices can be overlooked for perks and promotions. So, what’s a busy homebody to do? Get connected, that’s what! Research to be published soon in the International Journal of Mobile Communications, looked at how a small sample of homeworkers working in a telecommunications organization were affected in terms of job satisfaction and promotions. Homeworking involves individuals carrying out traditional office tasks, full-time or part-time, usually using a computer, an internet connection, and a telephone. The standard view is of someone isolated behind a desk in their home office. Now, Banita Lal from the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University and Yogesh
