Telecommuting: A test of trust, competing values, and relative advantage

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-239

  Harrington, Susan J ^a   Ruppel, Cynthia P ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Innovation; Telecommuting; Telework; Trust; Virtual office

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TELEWORK; VIRTUAL OFFICE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0033315504     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.807960     Document Type: Article

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