By testing a personal interpretation of Barnard’s view in an empirical study dealing with telework, this paper identifies the risks run by a teleworkers’ manager, the individual and organizational mechanisms implemented to reduce these risks as much as possible, and the relevance of a...

Currently, telework stands a s one of the fastest developing illustrations of the so called virtual organization. Although it has started to boom in Europe, it still raises reluctance in companies that may implement it in their teams. One main reason listed in the literature for this reluctance...