Telework vs. central work: A comparative view of knowledge accessibility

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 687-700

  Lee, HongGirl ^a   Shin, Bongsik ^b   Higa, Kunihiko ^c  

^a Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Media richness; Telework

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION; MEDIA RICHNESS; MEDIA THEORIES; TELEWORKS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947499016     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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