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An interview with Kate Lister, principal researcher at the Telework Research Network. |
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Telework |
An Interview with Kate Lister
Kate Lister
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by Judi Casey and Karen Corday | Download Interview (PDF)
Casey: What is the best term to describe telework—working at home, working from home, e-work, telecommuting, remote work, virtual work, or anything else that I haven’t mentioned?
Lister: The problem is that the terms, though often used synonymously, do mean different things. Telework rolls off the tongue easily, so even I use it when what I really mean is “telecommuting”—the use of technology to replace travel to and from work. Employees who work from home are, therefore, telecommuters. Telework is any substitution of any technology for travel; e.g., teleconferencing, telemedicine, and telecommuting.
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Have French jobs turned bad? |
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France is seen worldwide as a country where people value good food and, globally speaking, good quality of life. French workers enjoy the 35 hours week, five weeks paid holidays, unemployment insurance and parental leaves.
Yet, a tragic development in the work-life realm has been witnessed in the recent years. A very extreme case of work interfering with life has repeated itself among large companies, both public and private.
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database that contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
One year ago, there were 10,050 citations in the Literature Database. As of October 2009, we now have over 10,900 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications that have recently been entered into this database.
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- David Snow on coping with work and family stress
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Judi Casey, MSW, Director / Principal Investigator |
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Karen Corday, MSLIS, Information Services Specialist |
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Mary Curlew, Policy Research Assistant |
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Andrew Kang, Policy Research Assistant |
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Lauren Leonard, Administrative Assistant |
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Julie Weber, JD, Policy Specialist |
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