Investigating homeworkers' inclination to remain connected to work at "anytime, anywhere" via mobile phones

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-774

  Lal, Banita ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homeworking; Mobile communication systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049500951     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391011088628     Document Type: Article

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