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Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
New information technologies, changing work force demographics, rising customer expectations, transnational companies, and cost pressures are altering traditional views of what constitutes a workplace and have given rise to a new trend: the mobile worker in the flexible workplace. Two factors promote acceptance of telework or telecommuting: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Flexible Working Hours
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. – 2000
A study explored the implications of the information economy of the late 1990s for American workers, focusing on workers' experience with computers in the workplace, workers' perceptions about their future in the information economy, and the role of government in the information age. Research data were gathered through a survey of 1,005 adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Attitudes, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Needs
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
Technological and demographic changes affect the nation's employment landscape. The most consistent trend of the century has been the shrinking workweek. By the year 2000, many workers will spend only 32 hours per week at work. Other workplace changes will continue the quest for more work satisfaction: technical trends (flextime/telecommuting);…
Descriptors: Automation, Employment Patterns, Fringe Benefits, Futures (of Society)