Technologies of the self: Virtual work and the inner panopticon

Information Technology and People

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-243

  Jackson, Paul ^a   Gharavi, Hosein ^a   Klobas, Jane ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control; Knowledge management; Management power; Virtual organizations; Virtual work; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748313095     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610689831     Document Type: Article

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