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This study examines the concept of teleworking choice as it applies to UAE context. The relationship between demographic and individual variables, and teleworking choice is investigated. The research reveals that there no difference among employees in their - teleworking choice based on their educational level, internet use, number of children, age, and years of experience. On the other hand. there is a difference among employees in their teleworking choice based on their gender, marital status, nationality, residence location, and work profession. In addition, the research identifies teleworking facilitators and inhibitors through extensive literature review, which are reduced using a varimax rotated principal component factor analysis. Six distinct facilitators and seven distinct inhibitors are obtained. Generated facilitators include community concerns, individual freedom, productivity improvement, travel load, cost reduction, and empowering people, while generated inhibitors are management concerns, isolation, union resistance, home inadequacy, information and communication technology (ICT) cost, time mismanagement, and family intervention. Perceived mean importance of these facilitators and inhibitors is computed and ordered. Individual freedom, community concerns, and productivity are perceived by employees as the most important facilitators, while isolation and home inadequacy are perceived as.' the most important inhibitors. ; Krkskal-Wallis test has revealed no difference among employees in the perceived importance of most teleworking facilitators and inhibitors based on their teleworking choice. An exception is the association between teleworking choice and individual freedom, travel overload, cost reduction, and union resistance. Important practical implications and recommendations for managers and future research are presented.
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