The rapid growth of telework or working from home (WFH) is inspired by the growth in\r\nknowledge-based economy, rapid technology progress, virtual operations and digital\r\nworkforce. The original push on teleworking as a tool for cutting traffic congestion and\r\nimproving air quality did not lead to large-scale adoption of teleworking in Malaysia. Indeed the\r\nresearch of WFH in Malaysia is scarce and its implementation among the organizations almost\r\nunavailable even though the nation is moving towards promoting green economy. However,\r\nwith the sustainability and green concerns, teleworking can be considered a part of firm�s\r\nstrategic and innovative to enhance competitive advantage which may lead to economic and\r\nenvironmental improvement. Thus the emerging trend for sustainable growth (e.g. quality\r\neducation, modern workforce, green innovation, knowledge and digital society) has inspired\r\nthis research to seek the benefits of working from home (WFH), factors that trigger WFH and\r\nbasic requirements for WFH to be initiated have been unearthed by many researchers and\r\nimplemented by many developed countries in the world. This paper explores the literature on\r\nWFH in some of the developed countries and the topic of WFH in Malaysian scenario is\r\ndiscussed by proposing a framework for future research to be carried out by Malaysian\r\norganizations.
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