Finding information about telecommuting
If you’re researching telecommuting, here’s some information that may help you along your way. The first is a video showing how to find articles about telecommuting in the BNA Human Resources Library.
For additional information on the topic, you may want to look for articles in Business Source Complete, or look for electronic books in ebrary. In addition to searching for “telecommuting” as a keyword, you might also search for “telework”. And rather than searching about the pros and cons of telecommuting, try to thing in terms of advantages, morale, productivity, cost savings, accountability, technology limitations, performance, etc. There is also a fantastic article about “telework” in the International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. WebWorkerDaily has a nice collection of blog posts about telecommuting. Finally, you might want to look for the topic of telecommuting on sites like GreenBiz.com.
Other suggested terms for searching the topic include: virtual team, telework, virtual work, telecommuting, virtual office, flextime working, virtual organizations, virtual workplace, alternative workplaces, remote work.
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