Technology enabled work: The role of self-efficacy in determining telecommuter adjustment and structuring behavior

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-198

  Raghuram, Sumita ^a   Wiesenfeld, Batia ^b   Garud, Raghu ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous work; Self efficacy; Structuring behavior; Telecommuting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141633533     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(03)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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