Telecommuting, control, and boundary management: Correlates of policy use and practice, job control, and work-family effectiveness

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-367

  Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^a   Lautsch, Brenda A ^b   Eaton, Susan C ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Flexible work arrangements; Telecommuting; Work family; Work life boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645016949     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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