Teleworkflow: Supporting remote control with Workflow Management Systems

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-167

  Limburg, Diana ^a   Jackson, Paul J ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Public Finance

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34347389468     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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