A New open door: The smartphone's impact on work-to-life conflict, stress, and resistance

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 121-152

  Yun, Haejung ^a   Kettinger, William ^b   Lee, Choong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bring your own device (BYOD); mobile business; office home smartphone (OHS); segmentation culture; stress; user resistance; work to life conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863087619     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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