The possibilities and limits of telework in a bureaucratic environment: Lessons from the public sector

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Taskin, Laurent ^a,b   Edwards, Paul ^c  

^a LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b CRECIS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EMPLOYMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 36348969439     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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