Telework adoption, change management, and firm performance

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-31

  Martínez Sánchez, Angel ^a   Pérez Pérez, Manuela ^a   José Vela Jiménez, María ^a   de Luis Carnicer, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Change management; Company performance; Flexible organizations; Human resource strategies; Spain; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949164004     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810847011     Document Type: Article

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