Mobile workforce, what you need to know
The American workforce grows more mobile with each passing year. This explosion in the size of the mobile workforce results mainly from the proliferation of wireless technology with its high speed Internet networks and Internet driven handheld devices. Another influential factor in the development of a mobile workforce is the increasing importance placed on work and life balance. The inevitability of a mobile workforce raises some management issues for employers. A major issue is how to develop and maintain social relationships with workers scattered among different locations.