Home alone: The role of technology in telecommuting

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Baker, Ellen ^a   Avery, Gayle C ^b   Crawford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contradictory impacts; Home alone; Home computing; Organizational innovation; Perceived productivity; Personal training; Satisfaction; Telecommuting; Telework

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HOME COMPUTING; HOME-BASED TELECOMMUTING (HBT); ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERCEIVED PRODUCTIVITY; PERSONAL TRAINING;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846268767     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2006100101     Document Type: Article

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