CANADIAN MIDDLE MANAGER EXPERIENCE WITH MOBILE EMAIL TECHNOLOGIES: A phenomenological exploration of frequent BlackBerry users

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1217-1235

  Funtasz, Jeff ^a  

^a BELL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BlackBerry; mobile technology; qualitative method; technology management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866454692     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.614627     Document Type: Article

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