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Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities

Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities

Sirkka Heinonen
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781605660547|ISBN10: 160566054X|EISBN13: 9781605660554
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch166
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Heinonen, Sirkka. "Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities." Mobile Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by David Taniar, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 2061-2065. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch166

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Heinonen, S. (2009). Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities. In D. Taniar (Ed.), Mobile Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2061-2065). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch166

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Heinonen, Sirkka. "Mobile E-Work to Support Regional and Rural Communities." In Mobile Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by David Taniar, 2061-2065. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch166

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Abstract

Telework, or e-work as it is now more frequently called in Europe, means working outside one’s regular workplace, utilising sophisticated ICT. E-work is an alternative form of organising work, a “love child” of the information society. E-work manifests itself in numerous forms and modes. These various solutions emerge as an evolutionary process along with the technological developments, economic pressures, and changes in socio-cultural patterns such as new information- age lifestyles (e.g., Castells, 1996; Heinonen, 2000). E-work can be carried out at home, in a telework centre or at any other facility. It can also be done as a mobile mode on a train, bus or some other vehicle, as well as at airports, railways and bus stations-in other words on the move from one place to another. Such mobile e-work is primarily increasing, owing to technological and social developments. ICT has become smaller in size, more portable and more efficient.

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