HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Telework: Identifying a Personal Dimension to Work-Related Socio-Technical Theory
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication Title
Advances in Business Research
ISSN or ISBN
2641-5208
Volume
3
Issue/Number
1
First Page
12
Last Page
24
Abstract/Excerpt
This qualitative study uses socio-technical theory, which posits the interdependence of the social and the technical subsystems of work to view both the work and lives of managers in a Fortune 100 multinational corporation. The managers in the study were leading global virtual teams from their homes with no dedicated corporate office. We found that balancing across both the work and personal socio and technical systems, as well as across the systems in their integrated personal and professional lives, is very complex. The managers appeared to tolerate these difficulties for the flexibility they perceive teleworking provided.
NSUWorks Citation
Ruppel, Cynthia P.; Tworoger, Leslie C.; and Tworoger, Thomas, "Telework: Identifying a Personal Dimension to Work-Related Socio-Technical Theory" (2012). HCBE Faculty Articles. 93.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/93
