Paradoxes from the individualization of human resource management: The case of telework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Taskin, Laurent ^a,b,c   Devos, Valérie ^a,d  

^a LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Human resource management; ICT; Individualization; Organization; Telework; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844451192     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-8710-0     Document Type: Article

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