Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplacesand the New Nature of Business Practices

“This book addresses fundamentalissues essential for successfully orga-nizing, managing, or participating in a virtual workplace.”

-Pavel Zemliansky, JamesMadison University, USA

Edited by: Pavel Zemliansky, James MadisonUniversity, USA and Kirk St.Amant, EastCarolina University, USA

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-59904-893-2768 pages; 2008 CopyrightPrice: US $245.00 (hardcover*)Pre-pub price

: US $215.00Online Access only**: US $195.00Illustrations: fgures, tables (8 1/2” x 11”)Translation Rights: World

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At one time, the ofce was a physical place, and employees congre

-gated in the same location to work together on projects. The adventof the Internet and the World Wide Web, however, not only made theunthinkable possible, it forever changed the way persons view both

the ofce and work.

The

Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and theNew Nature of Business Practices

compiles authoritative re-search from 83 scholars from over 17 countries, covering the issues

surrounding the inux of information technology to the ofce envi

-ronment, from choice and effective use of technologies to necessary participants in the virtual workplace.

Subject:

Mobile Computing and Communications Technologies; Business/Man-agement Information Technology and Systems; Computer NetworkingTechnology; Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics; Software/Sys-tems Engineering, Programming, Analysis, and Design

Market:

This essential publication is for all academic and research libraries, aswell as all those involved in telecommuting, hot desk environments, or virtual teams. Researchers, practitioners, organizational decision mak-ers, educators, managers, and students in a full range of business and

IT-related felds will also beneft.

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