A Study of Remote Workers and Their Differences from Non-Remote Workers

Journal of End User Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 3-14

  Staples, D Sandy ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0345776773     PISSN: 10632239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.2001040101     Document Type: Article

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