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Rhee, Hyeun-Suk

Topic Weight Topic Terms
0.124 job employees satisfaction work role turnover employee organizations organizational information ambiguity characteristics personnel stress professionals
0.120 group support groups meeting gdss decision systems meetings technology study electronic ems task process communication
0.117 communication media computer-mediated e-mail richness electronic cmc mail medium message performance convergence used communications messages

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Fritz, Mary Beth Watson 1 Narasimhan, Sridhar 1
distributed work 1 distributed work environments 1 electronic coordination 1 organizational communication 1
telecommuting 1

Articles (1)

Communication and Coordination in the Virtual Office. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 1998)
Authors: Abstract:
    As information technology becomes more pervasive, the structure of the traditional work environment is changing. A number of alternatives are emerging where work is performed at remote locations. Existing work practices and managerial strategies are often not appropriate in this environment. In particular, traditional office communication with coworkers and management, which is often dependent on physical proximity, is disrupted. In this study, individual satisfaction with office communication in the telecommuting and conventional work environments is compared through a study of telecommuters and a comparison group of non-telecommuters in nine firms. We investigate the influence of certain organizational factors, such as job characteristics, IT support, and coordination methods, on satisfaction with office communication in the two work environments. We find telecommuters report higher satisfaction with office communication. Our findings indicate that task predictability, IT support, and electronic coordination have similar influences for both groups. We discuss implications of these findings for research and practice.