Managing Teleworkers and Telecommuting Strategies

Much of the research in the area of telework has been more enthusiastic and optimistic than dependable. This book presents objective descriptions and experiences of telework, instead of focusing on boosterism of proponents' theories or the unexamined skepticism of naysayers. Vega specifically questions the wholesale adoption of telework as recommended by its advocates. She examines the impact of telework on the worker, as well as benefits to the employer. Telework might not be the answer to all problems, but Vega's close examination concludes with an upbeat description of what can happen-and has happened-in the best of circumstances.

List of contents

Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
The Story of Telework
All Circuits Are Currently Busy
The Rewards of Telework: Cui Bono
Communication in a Digitalized Society
New Work, New Worker
The Human Disconnect: The Impact of Isolation on Teleworkers
Unnatural Acts in the Workplace
The New Manager
Telework and Families
Telework, Organizational Culture, and Institutional Learning
Telework as Competative Advantage: A Constellation of Challenges
Dueling Banjos: Values in the Virtual World
Telework in the Public Sector
Telework Around the World
Going Home: A Longitudinal Case Study
Appendix: Methodology
References

About the author

GINA VEGA is Associate Professor of Management at the Francis E. Girard School of Business and International Commerce, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Gina Vega, Vega Gina
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2003
• EAN: 9781567205527
• ISBN: 978-1-56720-552-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, Working patterns & practices, Personnel & human resources management, Working patterns and practices, Personnel and human resources management, Business: Human Resources