Mobile task characteristics and the needs for mobile work support: A comparison between mobile knowledge workers and field workers

2009 8th International Conference on Mobile Business

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7-11

  Yuan, Yufei ^a   Zheng, Wuping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mobile work support system; Mobile worker

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE WORK; MOBILE WORKERS; PORTABLE DEVICE; RAPID GROWTH; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MOBILE COMPUTING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449623484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB.2009.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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