Telecommuting: Justice and Control in the Virtual Organization

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 500-513

  Kurland, Nancy B ^a   Egan, Terri D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Justice; New Organization Forms; Telecommuting; Virtual Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033432438     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.4.500     Document Type: Article

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