HOMEWORKING THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY: OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPOSITION — PART ONE

The employment trend of working at home with computers in the United Kingdom is investigated, covering what computer homeworking is, who is involved, the form it takes and the types of organisations that have shown interest in it. Information is then provided concerning the extent of the growth in homeworking, and why there has not been the explosion of computer homeworking — as might have been expected — as a result of the technological opportunities offered by the microcomputer is explained.