Abstract
This study examines the challenges related to telecommuting, focusing on how managerial monitoring strategies (behavior, output, clan) link to telecommuters' professional isolation concerns. The study relies on interviews with supervisors, telecommuters, and nontelecommuters. Findings suggest that the primary challenges facing supervisors who manage in telecommuting environments involve clan strategies: fostering synergy, replicating informal learning, creating opportunities for interpersonal networking, and professionally developing out-of-sight employees. These challenges affect telecommuters' professional development opportunities, which in turn heighten their perceived professional isolation.