Telecommuting, e-commuting, e-work, telework, working at home (WAH), or working from home (WFH) is a
work arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours. In other words, the daily
commute to a central place of work is replaced by
telecommunication links. Many work from home, while others, occasionally also referred to as nomad workers utilize mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or myriad other locations. Telework is a broader term, referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions of telecommuting. All telecommuters are teleworkers but not all teleworkers are telecommuters. A frequently repeated motto is that "work is something you do, not something you travel to". A successful telecommuting program requires a
management style which is based on results and not on close scrutiny of individual employees. This is referred to as
management by objectives as opposed to
management by observation. The terms telecommuting and telework were coined by
American Jack Nilles in 1973.
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people working at home, often through a different employment contract. If the workers communicate with each other through the network this is an instance of electronic teamwork.