Teleworking: Potential employment opportunities for older workers?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 704-715

  Patrickson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Older employees; Telecommuting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036952360     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720210453902     Document Type: Article

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