Managing Teleworkers and Telecommuting Strategies

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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 happenand has happenedin the best of circumstances.

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"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."-Jeff Zbar The ChiefHomeOfficer.com, Telework Columnist and author
"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."-Richard Donkin author of Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Evolution of Work
"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."-Stan Kaczmarczyk Director, Innovative Workplaces Division, GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy

Author Bio

GINA VEGA is Associate Professor of Management at the Francis E. Girard School of Business and International Commerce, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts.