To work or not to work at home-An empirical investigation of factors affecting attitudes towards teleworking

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 560-586

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Demographics; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156112     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940010373392     Document Type: Article

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