Who and where are the flexible workers? Exploring the current diffusion of telework in Sweden

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-96

  Vilhelmson, Bertil ^a   Thulin, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Constraints; Home based work; Information and communication technologies; Sweden; Telework

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SERVICE SECTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84961257140     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12060     Document Type: Article

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