Facilitating Innovation Adoption and Diffusion: The Case of Telework

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Ruppel, Cynthia P ^a   Howard, Geoffry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85001759413     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.1998070101     Document Type: Article

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