Attitudes towards telecommuting: The Turkish case

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-63

  Iscan, Omer Faruk ^a   Naktiyok, Atilhan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advantages; Attitudes; Disadvantages; Technology and gender; Telecommuting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY; WAGES;

ADVANTAGES; ATTITUDES; DISADVANTAGES; TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER;

TELECOMMUTING;

EID: 15944407125     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000023     Document Type: Article

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