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Direct linkKirk, James; Belovics, Robert – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2006
It is estimated that by 2010 there will be 20 million full- and part-time telecommuters working in the United States. The purpose of this article is to assist employment counselors in their work with organizations in implementing e-worker programs as well as in their counseling of e-workers. The authors define e-worker, summarize the growth of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Mako, Csaba.; Keszi, Roland. – 2003
Using data of an 18-country employer survey and facts of company case studies of the EMERGENCE project, a project illustrated diffusion of eWork in 3 these Central European countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland. Mainstream views of the transforming economies and various practices of generic business services were studied. Establishments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication
Bates, P.; Bertin, I.; Huws, U. – 2002
Electronic work (E-work) in Ireland was examined through a comparison of survey results from 301 Irish companies with 50 or more employees with averages for the 18 European countries, including 62 in the knowledge sector, and a subsequent survey of 100 smaller companies. Findings from other Irish surveys examining e-work were also considered.…
Descriptors: Communications, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Employment Opportunities
Huws, U., Ed. – 2003
The EMERGENCE project reviewed literature on eWork characterization, extent, and distribution and dynamics of its development in 15 European Union (EU) countries and 3 newly associated states (NAS). It identified 12 factors that influenced international diffusion of eWork. Employer survey results showed individual forms of eWork were outweighed in…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Mediated Communication, Corporations, Developed Nations
Download full textCommission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs. – 2001
This document examines employment and social policy in the European Union in 1999-2001. The document begins with an interview with Anna Diamantopoulou, the European Union's commissioner for employment and social affairs and the paper "Balancing Jobs, Cohesion, and Productivity" by Odile Quintin, the European Union's director-general for…
Descriptors: Coordination, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment
Altieri, G.; Birindelli, L.; Bracaglia, P.; Tartaglione, C.; Albarracin, D.; Vaquero, J.; Fissamber, V. – 2003
Part of the EMERGENCE project to measure and map employment relocation in a global economy in the new communications environment, this report on eWork in southern Europe (SE) combines results of a European employer survey, case studies, and data from other sources. Chapter 1 analyzes national and sector dimensions. Chapter 2 studies eWork practice…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Flecker, J.; Kirschenhofer, S. – 2002
A study analyzed and synthesized results of 62 company case studies in 18 European countries. Focus was "eWork," information-processing work carried out at a distance with extensive use of computer systems and telecommunication links. Each case study was based on several qualitative interviews with company respondents. Case studies…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Education, Case Studies, Coordination
Dejonckheere, J.; Ramioul, M.; Van Hootegem, G. – 2003
This report addresses small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs') role in the changing international division of labor and trade in information service activities. Chapter 2 describes the EMERGENCE project to map and measure eWork. Chapter 3 reviews literature that shows SMEs account for the overwhelming majority of companies and make a crucial…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
