| Description |
xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. A Societal Perspective on Telework -- 3. A Managerial Perspective on Telework Adoption: Target Group Implementation -- 4. A Managerial Perspective on Telework Adoption: Parameters Affecting the Employer's View -- 5. A Managerial Perspective on Telework: Parameters Affecting the Employee's View -- 6. A Societal Perspective on Telework: the Alleviation of Road Transport Externalities -- App. 1. Telework in Europe -- App. 2. Occupations suited for telework -- App. 3. Factor analysis on the advantages and disadvantages from the employer's point of view -- App. 4. Choice model of the adoption of telework by employers -- App. 5. Factor analysis on telework drivers and barriers from the employee's point of view, part one : employee attitudes -- App. 6. Factor analysis on telework drivers and barriers from the employee's point of view, part two : employee beliefs about telework's characteristics -- App. 7. Choice model of the adoption of telework by employees |
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App. 8. Telework in Belgium -- App. 9. The future of telework in Belgium |
| Summary |
"Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace provides the first comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. This book argues that telework will be increasingly adopted in the twenty-first century, representing a far-reaching move toward the virtual workplace, with dramatic implications for the management of the workforce and for society at large." "In order to realistically assess telework's diffusion potential, the book studies, both conceptually and empirically, the technological, institutional, organizational and individual-level parameters that influence the decision to adopt telework, and the likelihood of telework's success." "The book concludes that telework can have enormous socioeconomic impacts, both as a macro-level tool, reducing road transport externalities, and as a managerial instrument to motivate highly skilled workers in knowledge-based industries. As such this book will be invaluable to scholars of management, transport, economics and industrial and union relations. The telework and business community, both scholarly and practical will also find the book of great interest."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-243) and index |
| Subject |
Telecommuting.
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Telecommuting -- Management.
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Telecommuting -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Verbeke, Alain.
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| LC no. |
2003049261 |
| ISBN |
1843765047 |
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