Product Description

"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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2648016 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
. . .These 19 analytical, empirical, and case-based studies, covering a wide range of topics related to virtual work, may be useful for research libraries that support MIS/IT programs. -- Library and Information Science Annual 1999.

From the Author
Dr. Margaret Tan is a senior lecturer in the Department of Decision Sciences and Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Business Administration at the National University of Singapore. She is the founder and currently the Chair of the Executive Committee of PACIS (Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems), Chair of the Asian Assembly for the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS, and Councillor of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) for the Asia Pacific.

About the Author
Dr. Magid Igbaria is a Professor of Information Science at the Claremont Graduate University. He has published articles on computer technology acceptance, IS personnel, management of IS, economics of computers and international IS in publications such as Applied Statistics, Behaviour and Information Technology, Journal of MIS, Omega, Decision Support Systems and MIS Quarterly. His current research interests focus upon information and computer economics, virtual workplace, telework, computer technology acceptance and management of IS.

Customer Reviews

A balanced collection of viewpoints
Human aspects from both employee and managerial viewpoints, economic issues, and settings including academic teleworkers and teams are all included.

Discussion of a cutting-edge concept
The Virtual Workplace was carefully reviewed and compiled by the editors. It discusses a wide range of topics on the virtual workforce. It provides a source of ideas through analytical, empirical, and case-based studies and helps in advancing the understanding of "the virtual workplace in relationship to the new computer and communication information technologies, people and organizations in the world" (preface). The text will undoubtedly provide discussion for professionals and students in business management and sociology.