Management challenges arising from the use of virtual work

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-93

  Mihhailova, Gerda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Estonia; Job satisfaction; National cultures; Russia; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449132889     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260910930467     Document Type: Article

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