Should we do away with teleworking? An examination of whether teleworking can be defined in the new world of work

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-177

  Wilks, Linda ^a   Billsberry, Jon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TELECOMMUTING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 34347387976     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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