Is mobile email functional or dysfunctional? Two perspectives on mobile email usage

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Middleton, Catherine A ^a   Cukier, Wendy ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BlackBerry; Electronic mail; Handheld devices; Psychic prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746630489     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000614     Document Type: Review

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