Bringing globalization home: A homeworker in the information age

Urban Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 356-376

  Adams, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUTING; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033366798     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.20.4.356     Document Type: Article

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