Modelling eWork- Towards a better understanding of information technology's impact on workplaces and work locations -

In this paper, we will try to contribute to the establishment of a model of eWork diffusion. Firstly, the paper will review the latest research on telework, and how its findings compare with the hopes and beliefs of futurologists and policy-makers (section 2). Secondly we will suggest how the concept of telework can sensibly be widened to encompass other forms of telemediated and locationally flexible work, taking due account of the work done in the EMERGENCE project on defining eWork (section 3). And finally (section 4), we will identify from the literature the main expected determinants of eWork growth in a country, and draw some conclusions for future need for research. The paper makes some reference to the situation of Finland, which will help us to understand the importance of the national context for diffusion of types eWork.