Critical success factors in developing teleworking programs

Benchmarking

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-249

  Kowalski, Kellyann Berube ^a   Swanson, Jennifer Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Critical success factors; Teleworking; Work design

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444496935     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770510600357     Document Type: Article

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