Teleworking and workplace flexibility: A study of impact on firm performance

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-64

  Sánchez, Angel Martínez ^a   Pérez, Manuela Pérez ^a   De Luis Carnicer, Pilar ^a   Jiménez, Maria José Vela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexible labour; Organizational performance; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846312849     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710716713     Document Type: Article

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