How does telework influence the manager-employee relationship?

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 358-374

  Dambrin, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

interpersonal relationship; management; NICT impact; telework

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844457938     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2004.005044     Document Type: Article

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26. or the advantages/disadvantages, or the expectations/risks.
27. Participativeness: manager’s tendency to make the employee participate 0in decision making relating to his work.
28. Supportiveness: Manager’s tendency to support the employee (accessibility, displaying trust and consideration) (Tannenbaum et al., 1974, chap. 3)
29. Formal: which takes place in the official organisational structure/informal: which deals with social practices, individual games and the use made of formal systems (from Löning, 1994).