According to a recent study, office workers that continue to endure the normal nine to five environment, those that continue to battle traffic congestion and road rage, have less job satisfaction that their telecommuting counterparts. They are also more willing to leave the company than their teleworking colleagues.

Now, a telecommuting coalition disputes the findings, saying poor procedures, policies and processes can doom such initiatives.

The Washington-based The Telework Coalition points to the results of a 2006 TelCoa survey of approximately 70,000 employees from 13 large government and private-sector organizations. That survey indicated that there was no resentment of teleworkers in the home office — if anything, their concerns were about ‘Why do others get to telework and not me?”.

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