Definitions
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- noun
telework ,teleworking - verb Present participle of
telecommute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
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Examples
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Mexican indie with a sci-fi bent asks a thought-provoking question: namely, what effect will future advances in telecommuting and robotic technology have on the current Mexican-U.S. labor problem?
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Planners who want to better manage traffic are encouraged by the growth in telecommuting but still can't get many people in the Washington region to carpool.
Is bad driver behavior at merge points a result of bad design? Post 2010
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The number of people for whom telecommuting is even * possible* — let alone allowed by their employer — is pretty small.
Matthew Yglesias » Another Reason for Congestion Pricing 2010
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Mexican indie with a sci-fi bent asks a thought-provoking question: namely, what effect will future advances in telecommuting and robotic technology have on the current Mexican-U.S. labor problem?
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The reason telecommuting is difficult is the lack of social interaction.
An Old Prediction May Come True, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The decision shocked HP employees and surprised human resource management experts, who believe telecommuting is still a growing trend.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » HP’s change of direction on telecommuting 2006
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The terms telecommuting and telework were coined by Jack Nilles in 1973.
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The terms telecommuting and telework were coined by Jack Nilles in 1973.
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I think people are unwilling to state the real reason for disallowing telecommuting, which is that they don't trust their staff members to do their jobs if they aren't being watched.
What I'm Reading 2008
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You may also be able to cut down your mileage by pitching the idea of telecommuting, one or two days a week to your boss.
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Nilles coined the terms “tele-commuting” and “telework” to describe this hypothetical arrangement.
Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed Condé Nast 2020
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