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The half‐empty office: dilemmas in managing locational flexibility
Author(s) -
Fogarty Helen,
Scott Peter,
Williams Steve
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2011.00268.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , equity (law) , business , test (biology) , control (management) , computer science , knowledge management , operations management , economics , political science , management , artificial intelligence , paleontology , law , biology
Through a case study contrasting the impacts of formalised and informal teleworking practices on office‐based workers, multidimensional dilemmas between flexibility, control and equity are uncovered. Formal schemes, although problematic and rare, possess some advantages in resolving the three dimensions. A model is proposed to test findings further.