Mobility at work: A typology of mobile communities of practice and contextual ambidexterity

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-297

  Kietzmann, Jan ^a   Plangger, Kirk ^a   Eaton, Ben ^b   Heilgenberg, Kerstin ^c   Pitt, Leyland ^a   Berthon, Pierre ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability and discretion; Ambidexterity; Communities of practice; Knowledge management; Mobile technology; Mobility; Organizational alignment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY AND DISCRETION; AMBIDEXTERITY; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; CONTEXTUAL AMBIDEXTERITIES; MOBILE COMMUNITY; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE WORKERS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE;

ALIGNMENT; CARRIER MOBILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84888640306     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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