The Social Sciences

Year: 2016
Volume: 11
Issue: 26
Page No. 6369 - 6375

Impact of Implementing Teleworking on Organizational Commitment Case Study: Shatel’s Technical Support and Sales Support

Authors : Sahar Azimpour Ashraf Shahmansoury and Gholamreza Hashemzade Khoorasgani

Abstract: Today’s world is changing and developing rapidly. The need for consonance and flexibility with the pace of changes has prompted the pioneer organizations to use new patterns of work and organization which this important measure is facilitated in the light of information and communication technology. Teleworking virtual organization is a new paradigm of working which it enables institutions to meet the need for flexibility appropriately so they still maintain their vita through the efficiency which resulted by it in the intensive competitive environment. The most important asset of any organization is its human resources and whatever this asset gets higher quality, the probability of survival, success and promotion of organization will be higher. The level of employee’s commitment is an essential factor in this regard. Experience of developed countries in the field of telework projects have revealed that successful implementation of such projects requires appropriate hardware and software i.e., laws and executive regulations and comprehensive readiness of managers and employees in organizations. Otherwise, the positive results of project will not in the expected extents and it will leads to negative effects such as physical and career isolation in employees and so on. Population of this research was selected among one-hundred technical support’s and sales support’s employees of Shatel Company. The research is done by census method. After collecting information through standard questionnaires about the components of the dependent variables, Cronbach’s alpha is evaluated in order to assess the reliability of them. Then, t-tests are used for independent samples and Levin test, Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and Box test are also used. After that, research hypotheses are tested by using SPSS Software. According to results, it can be stated that implementing teleworking has had a significant impact on the level of organizational commitment especially on the nominative commitment dimension of employees in Shatel Company.

How to cite this article:

Sahar Azimpour Ashraf Shahmansoury and Gholamreza Hashemzade Khoorasgani, 2016. Impact of Implementing Teleworking on Organizational Commitment Case Study: Shatel’s Technical Support and Sales Support. The Social Sciences, 11: 6369-6375.

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