Telework in the 21st century : an evolutionary perspective
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Telework in the 21st century : an evolutionary perspective
（The ILO future of work series）
Edward Elgar Pub. , International Labour Office, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
New information and communications technologies have revolutionized daily life and work in the 21st century. This insightful book demonstrates how telework has evolved in the last four decades, as technological developments have improved our capacity to work remotely.
Based on a new conceptual framework, this book explores the global variations in telework, examining the effects on working conditions and individual and organizational performance. Breaking the traditional intellectual conception that telework is performed only in the home, this book surveys the full breadth of working environments, as technology allows employees increased working mobility. Contributors expose a profound ambiguity surrounding the effects of 21st-century telework, revealing that its advantages and disadvantages may simply be two sides of the same coin.
This timely book is crucial reading for researchers of labour and employment interested in the evolution of contemporary telework and the influence of modern technologies in the workplace. Policy-makers will also benefit from this book's concrete policy recommendations to improve the practice of telework.
Contributors include: S. Boiarov, P. D'Cruz, A. Dal Colletto, L. Gschwind, T. Harnish, K. Lister, A. Mello, J.C. Messenger, E. Noronha, A. Sato, O. Vargas
Table of Contents
Contents:
Introduction: Telework in the 21st century - an evolutionary
perspective 1
Jon C. Messenger
PART I ADVANCED ECONOMIES
1. Telework and its effects in Europe 36
Lutz Gschwind and Oscar Vargas
2. Telework and its effects in Japan 76
Akio Sato
3. Telework and its effects in the United States 128
Kate Lister and Tom Harnish
PART II EMERGING ECONOMIES
4. Telework and its effects in Argentina 172
Sonia Boiarov
5. Telework and its effects in Brazil 211
Alvaro Mello and Armando Dal Colletto
6. Organization advantage: Experience of telework in India 255
Ernesto Noronha and Premilla D'Cruz
7. Conclusions and recommendations for policy and practice 286
Jon C. Messenger
Index 317
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