An empirical evaluation of the impacts of telecommuting on intra-organizational communication

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-28

  Duxbury, Linda ^a   Neufeld, Derrick ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Longitudinal research; Quasi experiment; Telecommuting

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVALUATION; OFFICE AUTOMATION;

INTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION;

TELECOMMUTING;

EID: 0033101973     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(98)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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