ABSTRACT
Co-ordinated research on the topic of telework has long been hampered by the marked absence of any coherent and agreed upon conceptual framework for the topic Jackson 1992). This chapter will attempt to address this deficiency by developing a broadly based conceptual framework for telework within the context of organisation behaviour/organisational studies. The purpose of the framework is to help explain the seemingly contradictory trends and developments in this area and to aid the development of a unified and systematic research agenda. Telework will be examined within the reputed movement of organisations from modern to postmodern forms drawing primarily from and extending the work of Clegg (1990). It will be argued that telework, broadly defined, can be seen as both a modern and postmodern manifestation and often adopts a hybrid form. Two case studies will be used to illustrate the applicability of the framework.
