Managing Teleworkers and Telecommuting Strategies

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Gina Vega

Foreword by Joanne H. Pratt

Book Code: Q552

ISBN: 1-56720-552-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-552-7

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248 pages, figures, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 8/30/2003

List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Endorsement From Richard Donkin
author of Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Evolution of Work: Gina Vega's perspectives, supported by exhaustive research and fascinating insights, provide an important contribution to our understanding of what will come to be recognixed as one of the most significant social developments of the 20th century.
Endorsement From Jeff Zbar
The ChiefHomeOfficer.com, Telework Columnist and author: For managers keen on becoming better leaders in the virtual workplace, Vega's work provides the lessons and insights needed to take advantage of others' experiences. Touching on almost every conceivable issue and element faced by modern managers, the text should be among the required reading for managers of teleworkers.
Endorsement From Stan Kaczmarczyk
Director, Innovative Workplaces Division, GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy: One of those rare works that transcends its subject matter in order to truly cover it. The book offers an excellent analysis of the transformation of the American economy and its associated effects on the world of work at the turn of the 21st century.

Description: 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.

Table 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

LC Card Number: 2003045789

LCC Class: HD2336

Dewey Class: 658


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