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Why Some SME’s in the Czech Republic Adopt Telework and Others Not?

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  • Vrchota Jaroslav

    (University of South Bohemia in Česke Budějovice, Studentska 13, 370 05 Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Frantíková Zuzana

    (University of South Bohemia in Česke Budějovice, Studentska 13, 370 05 Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Vlčková Miroslava

    (University of South Bohemia in Česke Budějovice, Studentska 13, 370 05 Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic)

Abstract

The paper examines the SME’s in the Czech Republic from the perspective what makes them to adopt telework using the data from the research made in 2017. The research includes 1018 SME’ s. The purpose of the study was to try to find out alignment between telework and some organizational constraints. We hypothesized that employer adoption of telework would depend on the size of the firm, the duration of telework adoption, foreign owner, IT level, and on the implementation of project management. Our empirical evidence showed that telework correlated with the foreign owner participation and the duration of the adoption of telework, with the IT level and with the adoption of project management. It does not correlate with the size of the enterprise and the duration of the adoption of telework.

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  • Vrchota Jaroslav & Frantíková Zuzana & Vlčková Miroslava, 2019. "Why Some SME’s in the Czech Republic Adopt Telework and Others Not?," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 11(4), pages 599-615, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:11:y:2019:i:4:p:599-615:n:7
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2019-0033
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