Business Environment and Their Readiness to Implement the Teleworking: A Field Study on the Application of the Egyptian Private Commercial Banks

The study aimed to determine the readiness of the business environment in the commercial banks of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to apply the method of teleworking, where a range of dimensions affecting the application of teleworking was studied, which is: information and communication technology, training, organizational culture, support to senior management, staff skills, and nature of jobs (flexibility). To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher followed the quantitative approach method through which the researcher relied on the questionnaire as tools to collect data from the study sample, which consisted of 322 workers at the private commercial banks of the study in Alexandria, and collected data and analysis by the statistical analysis program (SPSS version, 25). The researcher reached several important results, including the following: 1) There is an awareness among the vocabulary of the study sample of the readiness of the business environment to apply the teleworking to the private commercial banks operating in the governorate of Alexandria under study. 2) There is an awareness among the vocabulary of the study sample to adopt the method of teleworking at the private commercial banks operating in the governorate of Alexandria under study. 3) There is a positive effect on the dimensions (communication and information technology, organizational culture, employee skills, nature of jobs), while dimensions (training, support to senior management) negatively affect the application of teleworking in private commercial banks. The study also recommended the need to increase support for senior management in private commercial banks for the implementation of teleworking. In addition, providing the necessary training for managers and workers in banks, and at the end of the study, the researcher presented a guide for private commercial banks to implement the recommendations of the study.