Working From Home

Working From Home Definition

Working from Home (WFH) is a concept where employees do not commute to an office but do their job from home. It’s a form of flexible working that enables employees to perform their normal work tasks from home, through the use of information and telecommunications technology that allows instant communication anywhere and at any time (Heery and Noon, 2017).

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Working From Home references (4 of up to 20) *

• Akkirman, A.; Harris, D. L. (2005). “Organizational communication satisfaction in the virtual workplace”. Journal of Management Development. 24 (5): 397–409. doi:10.1108/02621710510598427.
• Ammons, S. K., & Markham, W. T. (2004). Working at home: Experiences of skilled white collar workers. Sociological Spectrum, 24(2), 191-238.
• Baruch, Y., & Nicholson, N. (1997). Home, Sweet Work: Requirements for Effective Home Working. Journal of General Management, 23(2), 15–30.
• Bloom, N., Liang, J., Roberts, J., & Ying, Z. J. (2015). Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(1), 165-218.

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