Successfully increasing technological control through minimizing workplace resistance: understanding the willingness to telework

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 672-681

  Wicks, David ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Performance measurement; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133046     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210438508     Document Type: Article

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