Telecommuting & Working From Home in Kenya; a Thematic Literature Review

Abstract

This paper focuses on the field of telecommuting in the Kenyan workspace and its development, by providing an overview regarding telecommuting culture. It is part of a larger research that involved a literature review of 42 relevant papers from which 8 were thoroughly analysed. From the analysis of this corpus, three main categories were identified: Communication and Marketing, Design and Production & Culture and Society. This study is a thematic literature review focusing on the categories of telecommuting & working from home, which collectively gathered indicatively 48% of the selected literature. It presents its relevant studies and sub-categories, providing a rich and varied map of them and contributing to better design and further research in telecommuting & working from home. The study finding indicated that working from home will likely continue to grow as a practice in Kenya over the years. The shift from on-site working to telecommuting has proven beneficial in most industries.