Mapping the antecedents of telework diffusion: Firm-level evidence from Italy

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-36

  Neirotti, Paolo ^a   Paolucci, Emilio ^a   Raguseo, Elisabetta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home based telework; Mobile telework; Technology organisation environment framework; Telework

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUTING;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 84875240094     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12001     Document Type: Article

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