The employability of older workers as teleworkers: An appraisal of issues and an empirical study

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-477

  Sharit, Joseph ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^b   Hernandez, Mario A ^b   Nair, Sankaran N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MANAGERIAL ATTITUDE; MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCES; OLDER PEOPLE; TELEWORK; TELEWORKERS;

EMPLOYMENT; MANAGERS; TELECOMMUTING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 70349557574     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20138     Document Type: Article

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