ABSTRACT

Teleworking is an up-to-date, groundbreaking and comprehensive assessment of teleworking. It includes
* multidisciplinary contributions drawing on sociology, management science, economics, philosophy and information technology
* analysis of post-modern and post-industrial theoretical contexts
* a selection of empirical studies from across the world
* accounts of different modes of teleworking, from homeworking to centre-based working
* examination of the links between teleworking and the virtual organisation
Wide-ranging, detailed and original, this book is a valuable introduction to teleworking and an important contribution to the debate on the future of the labour market.

chapter 1|18 pages

INTRODUCTION

Actors, approaches and agendas: from telecommuting to the virtual organisation

part |2 pages

Part 1 MAKING SENSE OF TELEWORKING CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS

chapter 2|19 pages

FROM TELEWORKING TO NETWORKING

Definitions and trends

chapter 4|18 pages

CONCEPTUALISING TELEWORK

Modern or postmodern?

part |2 pages

Part 2 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING BOUNDARIES IN TELEWORK

chapter 6|23 pages

TELEWORK

Managing spatial, temporal and cultural boundaries

chapter 7|18 pages

NO LONGER A STRUGGLE?

Teleworkers’ reconstruction of the work–non-work boundary

chapter 8|8 pages

THE EXPERIENCE OF TELEWORKING

A view from the home

chapter 9|23 pages

TELEWORKING AND QUALITY OF LIFE

part |2 pages

Part 3 INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR TELEWORKING

chapter 10|16 pages

ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT IN THE DISTRIBUTED WORK ENVIRONMENT

Using measures of intellectual capital in the planning process

chapter 11|22 pages

TELEWORKING SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Issues for an integrated framework

chapter 13|18 pages

FLEXIBLE WORK AND TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR

A research framework

part |2 pages

Part 4 ACTORS, NETWORKS AND EXPERIENCES

chapter 16|20 pages

TELEWORK AS SOCIAL INNOVATION

How remote employees work together

chapter 17|11 pages

EVOLUTION OF THE TELECOMMUTING WITHDRAWAL MODEL

A US perspective

chapter 18|11 pages

A SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ITS INFANCY

Experiences with telework centres

chapter 19|16 pages

ORGANISATIONAL FITTING AND DIFFUSION OF NEW CULTURE

Internal telework at telecoms