Teleworking in the countryside: home-based working in the information society
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
Acknowledgements xii
PARTI
INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Telework and the Changing Rural Economy 3
2. The Information Economy and the Emergence of Rural
Telework 10
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 The emergence of the information economy
and flexible working patterns 10
2.3 The development of information based enterprises
within the rural economy 13
2.4 Recent debates concerning rural teleworking 16
2.5 Previous research into rural telework 21
2.6 The nature of the tele work 23
2.7 The extent of telework 24
2.7.1 The extent of teleworking in rural Britain and
Britain as a whole: Evidence from the OPCS 25
2.8 Factors behind the growth of telework 25
2.8.1 Telework demand and organisational change 29
2.8.2 Individual workers and the supply of telework 32
2.8.3 Facilitative factors 35
2.9 The experience of self employed telework 40
2.9.1 The experience of self employment 41
2.9.2 The experience of homeworking 42
2.9.3 Future aims and aspirations of self employed
teleworkers 44
2.10 Summary ^4
3. Research Methodology 48
3.1 Introduction 48
3.2 The Telecottage Survey 48
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3.3 Selection of the case study areas for the in depth phase 49
3.4 Description of the case study areas 50
3.4.1 Employment characteristics 50
3.4.2 Population change 55
3.5 Selecting a research methodology for the case study areas 56
3.5.1 Interview strategy 58
3.6 Locating and interviewing respondents 59
3.7 Analysis of the interview data 61
3.8 Presentation of the data 63
PART 2
THE FACILITATION OF, AND DEMAND FOR, TELEWORK
4. Telecottages and Telework 67
4.1 Introduction 67
4.2 The background of telecottages 69
4.3 Nature and the main functions of telecottages 70
4.4 The role of telecottages in facilitating telework through
the marketing of, and the securing of contracts for, local
teleworkers 72
4.5 The use of the ICT, training and marketing services of
telecottages by independent teleworkers 74
4.6 Telecottage income and the future plans of managers 75
4.7 Summary 76
5. The Telework Facilitators 78
5.1 Introduction 78
5.2 The background to, and identification of, telework
facilitation strategies within the case study areas 78
5.3 The role of ICT equipment and workspace provision
via telecottages in facilitating telework 82
5.4 The role of telework training in facilitating telework 83
5.5 The role of marketing and securing contracts in
facilitating telework 86
5.5.1 The TELEMART project 89
5.6 Summary 92
6. The Organisational Perspective of Telework 94
6.1 Introduction 94
6.2 The motivations behind using teleworkers 94
6.3 Methods of recruiting teleworkers 100
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6.4 The organisations experiences of using teleworkers 101
6.5 Summary 104
PART 3
THE SUPPLY OF TELEWORK
7. The Motivating Factors Behind Telework 109
7.1 Introduction 109
7.2 The nature of the teleworking businesses 109
7.3 The characteristics of previous employment, and its role in
facilitating the establishment of the teleworking business 111
7.4 Residential dynamics in relation to the decision to telework 114
7.5 The motivations behind self employed teleworking in the
countryside 116
7.5.1 Type 1 : Workstyle 117
7.5.2 Type 2 : Lifestyle 120
7.5.3 Type 3 : Childcare 122
7.5.4 Type 4 : Economically inactive in migrants 123
7.5.5 Type 5 : Threat of unemployment 125
7.5.6 Type 6 : Forced unemployment 126
7.6 Summary 127
8. The Characteristics and Dynamics of Telework 129
8.1 Introduction 129
8.2 The nature of the teleworkers clients 129
8.3 Communicating with clients 131
8.3.1 Methods used to communicate remotely with clients 131
8.3.2 Levels of face to face contact between clients and 134
teleworkers
8.4 Methods of acquiring clients 135
8.5 External perceptions of teleworkers 140
8.6 Theuseof telecottages by teleworkers 143
8.7 Summary 145
9. The Wider Experience of Teleworking 147
9.1 Introduction 147
9.2 The experience of self employment 147
9.2.1 Autonomy and control 147
9.2.2 Insecurity 149
9.3 The experience of homeworking 151
9.3.1 Integration of home and workspace 151
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9.3.2 Professional and social isolation 155
9.4 The experience of living and working in the countryside 158
9.5 Future plans and aspirations 160
9.5.1 Job satisfaction and future employment plans 160
9.5.2 Residential plans 161
9.5.3 Growth and expansion 162
9.6 Summary 164
10. Summary and Conclusion 165
10.1 Introduction 165
10.2 The nature oftelework in rural Britain 165
10.3 The development of teleworking in the British countryside 168
10.4 Implications of the research for rural policy and planning 171
10.5 Possible areas for future research activity 174
Bibliography 177
List of Figures
Figure 2.1 Location of British and Irish Telecottages, 1995 3 8
Figure 2.2 A model of the interactions between, and influences 46
of, the processes of self employed teleworking
Figure 3.1 Location of the two case study areas 51
Figure 4.1 Location of Telecottage Respondents 68
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List of Tables
Table 2.1 Proportion of non manual workers (SEG 1 6)
working at home in Britain, by county and region,
1991 (Based on 1991 Census) 26
Table 3.1 Sectoral structure of employment in the case study
areas, 1991 (%) 52
Table 3.2 Occupational structure of all employment in the case
study areas by Standard Occupational Classification,
1991 (%) 53
Table 3.3 Percentage change in the levels of self employment
(with and without employees) within the case study
areas, 1981 1991 53
Table 3.4 Percentage of persons in self employment (with and
without employees) as a proportion of total
employment within the case study areas, 1991 54
Table 3.5 Proportion of self employed workers in the case study
areas involved in the banking and finance and other
services sectors, 1991 54
Table 3.6 Growth of non manual workers (SEG 1 6) working at
home 1981 1991 and proportion of non manual workers
working at home, 1991, within the case study areas 55
Table 3.7 Population change in the case study areas, 1971 1991 56
Table 4.1 Number of telecottages established by year 69
Table 4.2 Location of telecottages 69
Table 4.3 Employment status and workplace of the teleworkers
involved in work outsourced by the telecottages 72
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List of Tables xi
Table 4.4 Types of work outsourced by the telecottages 73
Table 4.5 The skills of teleworkers known of by the telecottages 75
Table 5.1 Details of the agency respondents interviewed and
shorthand expressions used within the text 79
Table 6.1 Details of the organisations interviewed and shorthand
expressions used within the text 95
Table 7.1 Nature of the teleworking businesses 110
Table 7.2 Present income of respondents and contribution to
household income 111
Table 7.3 Age of respondents when business established 112
Table 7.4 Length of operation of the business 112
Table 7.5 Residential patterns of respondents in relation to
starting the teleworking business 115
Table 8.1 Number of clients considered regular or frequent
by respondents 130
Table 8.2 Location of respondents most distant client 130
Table 8.3 Methods of remote communication used by teleworkers 132
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