Impediments to mobile work: An empirical study

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 522-540

  Chen, Leida ^a   Nath, Ravi ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile work; Mobile workforce; Socio technical perspective; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENTERPRISE MOBILITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MOBILE WORK; MOBILE WORKFORCE; SOCIO-TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE; STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 80052762939     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2011.042457     Document Type: Article

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