Juan Carlos Roca Pulido

Teleworking in the information sector in Spain

In this paper we will analyze telework in the companies which belong to the information technology sector. To this purpose we have made an empirical research of 107 Spanish companies. First of all we have analyzed the tasks carried out through telework, the form is which they are carried out, both the individual tasks and the shared ones, the methods used for exchanging results, the changes brought about by telework in the realization of those tasks and the coordination and assignment problems involved in telework. On the other hand we analyzed the most extended resources used, that is to say hardware and software as well as the importance of this activity for the development of these companies in an economy with an ever more global character.

Telework in the ICT sector: multivariate analysis of its determinant factors in Spain

This paper presents an analysis of the use of telework in firms belonging to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Using data gathered from 280 Spanish firms, our empirical study included analysing the general characteristics of this new type of work practice in ICT firms. The view is to reveal the most widespread mode of telework in use, the number of days it occurs, the number of hierarchical levels and other relevant aspects determining its operation.

Impacto del teletrabajo en la dirección y comunicación de las organizaciones del sector TIC

In this article we are going to deepen in the analysis of the existing associations between the different modalities from telecommuting in the sector of CIT and variables related to the direction and communication patterns. On the one hand, we will abound in the form at that controls the results of telecommuters, the moment in which the control is made and, in this point, if they are the same that they are applied to non-telecommuters. Also, we will try to know the differences with respect to the opinion of if the supervision of telecommuters requires more time than the one of colleagues and the degree of autonomy of them to make decisions. On the other hand, we will emphasize the possible differences found with respect to the influence that has telecommuting on some of the communication variables and the opinions related to the effectiveness of the communications with the teleworkers, characteristics of the remote direction or the way to understand the work of the supervisor.

Information systems in Spanish financial firms: an empirical analysis

In the period 2002–2003 we carried out a broad study of Information Systems (IS) in financial firms in Spain. Specifically, we surveyed one in five (44) banks, savings banks, rural credit cooperatives and credit cooperative banks. In general we can affirm that the IS of financial firms are in a more developed stage of their evolution than those of other firms, since they are more automated in terms of equipment and information. There is still, however, room for improvement, above all with regard to data transmission and computing tools among the highest levels of management.