Telework and gender: Implications for the management of information technology professionals

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 101, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 477-482

  Beasley, Robert E ^a   Lomo David, Ewuuk ^b   Seubert, Virginia R ^a  

^a Faculty of Social and Political Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Gender; Information technology strategy; Telecommuting; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELECOMMUTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035781136     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570110410663     Document Type: Review

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