A study on the usage of computer and communication technologies for telecommuting

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-39

  Gupta, Yash P ^a   Karimi, Jahangir ^b   Somers, Toni M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And occupational characteristics; Employment; Residential; Telecommuters' background; Telecommuting; Usage of computer and communication technologies for telecommuting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347535210     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.820723     Document Type: Article

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