BACKGROUND

The subject of this study is the phenomenon of-- remote work, which refers to organizational work performed outside of the normal organizational confines of space and time. The premise of the research is that remote work will become increasingly important in the future as it expands to include full-time organizational members working remotely on a regular basis for at least part of the regular work week. From the organization's perspective, remote work may include physically decentralized "satellite work centersN and "neighborhood work centersw as well as work at home [12]. The extreme case of remote work would be an employee who works at home full time. Computer and communications technology may permit more jobs to be performed remotely than were possible before. The terms ~telecommuting " [ 22 1 and * telework " [ 16 1 have been used to refer to work performed remotely augmented by computer and communications technology. Often the implication of these terms is that the work i