Description |
iii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Series in information technology management |
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Series in information technology management.
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Contents |
pt. 1, The virtual workplace : issues and benefits -- Working together in global virtual teams / Kathleen Knoll, Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa -- Health, well-being, and organizational effectiveness in the virtual workplace / Stewart I. Donaldson, Rachel Weiss -- The business benefits of the virtual organization / David J. Grimshaw, F.T. Sandy Kwok -- The use of information technology in the virtual organization / Jonathan W. Palmer -- pt. 2, Virtual workplace : applications -- Distance training in the virtual workplace / Tammy Whalen, David Wright -- Enabling virtual workplaces with advanced workflow management systems / Michael Ambert, Frank Zimmermann -- The development of a process for the virtual consultancy / Pat Hough, Ciaran Murphy -- Cities in the information age : a Scandinavian perspective / Ken Friedman -- Adopting simulation models from military to academics and industry / J. David Hamby, Chetan S. Sankar -- Collaborative notebooks for the virtual workplace / Phil Turner, Susan Turner, Sue Green, Phil Mayne -- Information exchange in virtual work groups / Ross T. Hightower, Lutfus Sayeed, Merrill E. Warkentin, Roger McHaney -- pt. 3, Telework and remote work -- Telework and the balance between work and family ; is telework part of the problem or part of the solution? / Linda Duxbury, Christopher Higgins, Derrick Neufeld -- The microeconomics of remote work / Ralph D. Westfall -- The professor as teleworker / Rugh Guthrie, Patrick C. Olson, Donna M. Schaeffer -- Team-telework and the new geographical flexibility for information workers / Feng Li -- The mobile workforce : strategic opportunity, competitive necessity / Bruce Rollier, Yihwa Irene Liou -- A review of the empirical research on telecommuting and directions for future research / Donna Weaver McCloskey, Magid Igbaria -- pt. 4, Human issues related to the virtual workplace -- Virtual corporations and American labor unions : so many unknowns, so much potential / Arthur B. Shostak -- Group development in the virtual workplace : the story of a strike / Celia T. Romm, Nava Pliskin |
Summary |
"The Virtual Workplace provides a source of ideas on the adoption of the leading-edge telecommunication and information technologies related to the virtual workplace, and the impact of these technologies on individuals, groups, organizations, societies, and nations."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Communication in organizations.
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Employees -- Effect of automation on.
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Office practice -- Automation.
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Telecommuting centers.
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Telecommuting.
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Telematics.
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Work environment.
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Author |
Igbaria, Magid, 1958-
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Tan, Margaret.
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LC no. |
97045777 |
ISBN |
1878289411 (hc) |
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1878289470 (soft) |
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