Résumés
Résumé
En 2013, il y aura un 1,2 milliards de télétravailleurs dans le monde. Comment un dirigeant parvient-il à motiver de tels employés, à les mobiliser, à créer chez ces derniers un sentiment d’appartenance pour leur entreprise, à faire en sorte que chacun se sente important et qu’il ait le goût de s’impliquer? Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude qui consistait à relever des pratiques de direction efficaces et à comprendre les déterminants de cette efficacité. Nos analyses ont permis d’identifier cinq pratiques et de proposer un modèle permettant d’expliquer l’efficacité du leadership dans un contexte de direction de télétravailleurs.
Mots-clés :
- Leadership,
- télétravail,
- travail à distance,
- pratiques de direction
Abstract
In 2013, there will be 1.2 billion teleworkers around the world. How can a manager motivate and mobilize such employees, create a feeling of belonging to their company, and ensure that each individual feels important and wants to get involved? This article presents the results of a study that sought to identify effective management practices and understand the determinants of effectiveness. Our analyses enabled us to identify five practices and to propose a model that explains effective leadership in the context of management of teleworkers.
Keywords:
- Leadership,
- telework,
- distance working,
- management practices
Resumen
En 2013, habrá 1200 millones de teletrabajadores en el mundo. ¿Cómo logra un dirigente motivar a esos empleados, movilizarlos, crear en ellos un sentimiento de pertenencia a la empresa, hacer de manera que cada uno se sienta importante y que tenga deseos de implicarse? Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio que consistió en revelar las prácticas de dirección eficaces y en comprender los elementos determinantes de dicha eficacia. Nuestros análisis nos permitieron identificar cinco prácticas y proponer un modelo que explica la eficacia del liderazgo en el contexto de dirección de teletrabajadores.
Palabras clave:
- Liderazgo,
- teletrabajo,
- trabajo a distancia,
- prácticas de dirección
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