Research Catalog

Title

The virtual workplace / [edited by] Magid Igbaria, Margaret Tan.

Publication

Hershey, USA : Idea Group Pub., [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Igbaria, Magid, 1958-
• Tan, Margaret.

Description

iii, 406 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Series in information technology management

Uniform Title

Series in information technology management.

Subjects

• Office practice > Automation
• Telecommuting
• Employees > Effect of automation on
• Telecommuting centers
• Work environment
• Telematics
• Communication in organizations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. The Virtual Workplace: Issues and Benefits. Ch. 1. Working Together in Global Virtual Teams / Kathleen Knoll and Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa. Ch. 2. Health, Well-Being, and Organizational Effectiveness in the Virtual Workplace / Stewart I. Donaldson and Rachel Weiss. Ch. 3. The Business Benefits of the Virtual Organization / David J. Grimshaw and F. T. Sandy Kwok. Ch. 4. The Use of Information Technology in Virtual Organizations / Jonathan W. Palmer -- Pt. II. Virtual Workplace: Applications. Ch. 5. Distance Training in the Virtual Workplace / Tammy Whalen and David Wright. Ch. 6. Enabling Virtual Workplaces with Advanced Workflow Management Systems / Michael Amberg and Frank Zimmermann. Ch. 7. The Development of a Process for the Virtual Consultancy / Pat Hough and Ciaran Murphy. Ch. 8. Cities in the Information Age: A Scandinavian Perspective / Ken Friedman. Ch. 9. Adopting Simulation Models from Military to Academics and Industry / J. David Hamby and Chetan S. Sankar.
• Ch. 10. Collaborative Notebooks for the Virtual Workplace / Phil Turner, Susan Turner and Sue Green / [et al.]. Ch. 11. Information Exchange in Virtual Work Groups / Ross T. Hightower, Lutfus Sayeed and Merrill E. Warkentin / [et al.] -- Pt. III. Telework and Remote Work. Ch. 12. Telework and the Balance between Work and Family: Is Telework Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? / Linda Duxbury, Christopher Higgins and Derrick Neufeld. Ch. 13. The Microeconomics of Remote Work / Ralph D. Westfall. Ch. 14. The Professor as Teleworker / Ruth Guthrie, Patrick C. Olson and Donna M. Schaeffer. Ch. 15. Team-Telework and the New Geographical Flexibility for Information Workers / Feng Li. Ch. 16. The Mobile Workforce: Strategic Opportunity, Competitive Necessity / Bruce Rollier and Yihwa Irene Liou. Ch. 17. A Review of the Empirical Research on Telecommuting and Directions for Future Research / Donna Weaver McCloskey and Magid Igbaria --
• Pt. IV. Human Issues Related to the Virtual Workplace. Ch. 18. Virtual Corporations and American Labor Unions: So Many Unknowns, So Much Potential / Arthur B. Shostak. Ch. 19. Group Development in the Virtual Workplace: The Story of a Strike / Celia T. Romm and Nava Pliskin.

ISBN

• 1878289411 (hc)
• 1878289470 (soft)

LCCN

97045777

OCLC

ocm37902433

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries