A Within-Person Examination of the Effects of Telework

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 313-323

  Vega, Ronald P ^a   Anderson, Amanda J ^a   Kaplan, Seth A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Performance; Satisfaction; Telework; Within person

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939879298     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-014-9359-4     Document Type: Article

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