A review of workplace stress in the virtual office

@article{Stich2020ARO,
  title={A review of workplace stress in the virtual office},
  author={Jean-François Stich},
  journal={Intelligent Buildings International},
  year={2020},
  volume={12},
  pages={208 - 220}
}
ABSTRACT Virtual offices give employees the ability to work anytime, anywhere, using information and communication technologies, thereby blurring the temporal and geographical boundaries of work. Workplace stress is thus allowed to spill over from traditional offices to virtual offices, and vice versa. This review article presents key research from work psychology and information systems on workplace stress experienced in virtual offices (interruptions, workload and the work-home interface). It… 
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