Does telecommuting really increase productivity?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 93-96

  Westfall, Ralaph D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; PRODUCTIVITY GAINS;

AIR POLLUTION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

TELECOMMUTING;

EID: 4243195878     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1012037.1012042     Document Type: Review

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