This work presents a comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. It argues that telework will be increasingly adopted in the 21st century, representing a far-reaching move toward the virtual workplace, with dramatic implications for the management of the workforce and for society at large. permits the significant reduction of the spatial and temporal constraints faced by the conventional organization of the workplace. The new virtual workplace constitutes a key step in the evolution towards a virtual society....