Cross Cultural Differences in Managers' Support for Home-Based Telework: A Theoretical Elaboration

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-346

  Peters, Pascale ^a   Den Dulk, Laura ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Europe; Home based telework; Human resource management; National culture; Telework penetration rates; Trust; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249107734     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595803003003005     Document Type: Article

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