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According to the discourse of telework, information and communication technology (ICI) is one of the main driving forces for telework. However, in Sweden the expansion of home based telework is far slower than the diffusion of computers into households as well as into the workplace. Experience from a group of teleworkers in Sweden indicate that ICT can be a constraint as well as a facilitator of telework. Evidence suggests that ICT is accompanying work into the household, rather than pushing it. In addition, to facilitate telework ICT must be reliable and user-friendly, and the teleworker needs adequate knowledge of and familiarity with the technology.
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Sturesson, L. (2000). The Paths of Work and ICT into the Home. In: Sloane, A., van Rijn, F. (eds) Home Informatics and Telematics. HOIT 2000. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35511-5_7
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