The telework adoption process in a Dutch and French subsidiary of the same ICT-multinational: How national culture and management principles affect the success of telework programs

Journal of E-working

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Peters, Pascale ^a   Bleijenbergh, Inge ^a   Oldenkamp, Elise ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Management attitudes; Management principles; Telecommuting; Telework acceptance; Telework arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549121749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18723284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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