The management of teleworking adoption: an organisational study of feasibility perception in industrial and service companies

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-248

  Pérez, Manuela Pérez ^a   Sánchez, Angel Martinez ^a   de Luis Carnicer, Ma Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

agency theory; human resources managers; institutional theory; resource based view of the firm; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744457877     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2003.003663     Document Type: Article

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