The rise of Teleworking in the usa: Key issues for managers in the information age

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-229

  Ozcelik, Yasin ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biss; Business information systems; Internet; Telecommuting; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951242176     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2010.031927     Document Type: Article

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