Why some firms adopt telecommuting while others do not: A contingency perspective
基于122家西班牙企业CEO的数据，从权变视角分析企业采用远程办公的影响因素，发现小规模、高比例国际员工和可变薪酬的企业更可能采用，且权变奖励型领导风格调节了企业年龄和国际化的作用。
Abstract Using a contingency perspective and data from 122 CEOs of Spanish firms, this paper examines what makes a firm likely to adopt telecommuting. We hypothesized that employer adoption of telecommuting would depend on organizational constraints (age and size of the firm), the international composition of the workforce, and the top executives' leadership style. In turn, we argue that firms adopting telecommuting would emphasize outcome‐based control systems. Our empirical evidence showed that telecommuting correlated with small organizational size, a high proportion of international employees, and variable compensation. A contingent reward leadership style at the top moderated the effects of firm age and internationalization on the adoption of telecommuting. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.