Employees' attitudes towards telecommuting. An empirical investigation in the Egyptian Governorate of Dakahlia

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 367-375

  Abdel Wahab, Ahmed Gad ^a  

^a Delta University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attitude; Benefits; Driving forces; Productivity; Satisfaction; Telecommuting

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; JOB SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ATTITUDE; DRIVING FORCES; SATISFACTION; TELECOMMUTING PRODUCTIVITY;

TELECOMMUTING;

EID: 34547944411     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500535426     Document Type: Article

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