Information and communications technology has an influence on various areas of life, including the ways of doing things. One of these influences is doing some works without geographical limitations and being far away from workplace (telecommuting). In this method, a telecommuter does his/her job, with the help of network facilities and the use of computer in a place apart from his/her real workplace and the reports would be transmitted electronically to his/her workplace (by him/her). This method has many advantages and disadvantages that can affect its implementation and sustainability in organizations and offices. After reviewing the telecommuting literature and also a global evaluating of the advantages and disadvantages of this method, the present study has reviewed Isfahan municipal employees' view about the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting. The results showed that the telecommuting has many advantages for municipal telecommuters and despite the drawbacks and difficulties that this method had had on this group, about 70% of respondents believed that there is a possibility of working, using telecommuting and 40% believed that it is possible to manage telecommuting completely in municipality and 64% said that telecommuting is applicable in some parts of municipality. The mean advantage and disadvantage of telecommuting is above average. But the mean score of telecommuting advantages was higher than the disadvantages.

Information and communications technology has an influence on various areas of life, including the ways of doing things. One of these influences is doing some works without geographical limitations and being far away from workplace (telecommuting). In this method, a telecommuter does his/her job,...