There are four breaks from the traditional 9-to-5 routine of employees who share a work location and see each other on a daily basis known as telework. (1)
Home-based telecommuting refers to employees who work at home on a regular basis and can be said to be telecommuters if the telecommunications link to the office is a simple as a telephone. (2)
Satellite offices consist of employees who work both outside the home and away from the conventional work place in a location convenient to the employees and-or customers. (3) A
neighborhood work center is the same as a satellite office except that this houses more than one company's employees. (4)
Mobile workers are frequently on the road, using communications technology to work from home, from a car, from a plane, or from a hotel—communicating with the office as necessary from each location. Each of these offers challenges for companies and their managers but also opportunities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)