Table 2.
Perceived obstacles to expansion of telework at workplaces without FWP.
| Not Important |
Slightly Important |
Moderately Important |
Important |
Very Important |
Total | Avga | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Obstacle | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Executive resistance | 1 | 3.9% | 2 | 7.7% | 4 | 15.4% | 4 | 15.4% | 15 | 57.7% | 26 | 4.15 |
| Manager resistance | 2 | 8.0% | 2 | 8.0% | 7 | 28.0% | 5 | 20.0% | 9 | 36.0% | 25 | 3.68 |
| HR/Personnel resistance | 5 | 20.8% | 1 | 4.2% | 4 | 16.7% | 7 | 29.2% | 7 | 29.2% | 24 | 3.42 |
| Worker resistance | 6 | 26.1% | 5 | 21.7% | 3 | 13.0% | 3 | 13.0% | 6 | 26.1% | 23 | 2.91 |
| Not feasible given occupations within company | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 20.0% | 4 | 16.0% | 4 | 16.0% | 12 | 48.0% | 25 | 3.92 |
| No interest | 4 | 16.7% | 9 | 37.5% | 4 | 16.7% | 2 | 8.3% | 5 | 20.8% | 24 | 2.79 |
| Too expensive to implement | 3 | 13.0% | 4 | 17.4% | 9 | 39.1% | 1 | 4.4% | 6 | 26.1% | 23 | 3.13 |
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Averages are calculated using the following scale: 1 = Not important, 2 = Slightly important, 3 = Moderately important, 4 = Important, 5 = Very important. These averages are used to compare responses to each factor, and should not imply that ordinal factors are appropriate for averaging in general.