Improving the match between callers and receivers: A study on the effect of contextual information on cell phone interruptions

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-259

  Avrahami, D ^a   Gergle, D ^a   Hudson, S E ^a   Kiesler, S ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness systems; Context aware computing; Interruptions; Mobile communication

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AWARENESS SYSTEMS; CONTEXT AWARE COMPUTING; INTERRUPTIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 34249038457     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500402338     Document Type: Article

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