Predicting teleworker success: An exploration of personality, motivational, situational, and job characteristics

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-162

  O'neill, Thomas A ^a   Hambley, Laura A ^b   Greidanus, Nathan S ^c   Macdonnell, Rhiannon ^d   Kline, Theresa J B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TELECOMMUTING;

EID: 70149083918     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2009.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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