Managing telework: Risks, fears and rules

Management Research Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-399

  Pyöriä, Pasi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Costs; Finland; Information society; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953278964     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171111117843     Document Type: Review

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