What a smartphone is to me: Understanding user values in using smartphones

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 299-321

  Jung, Yoonhyuk ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laddering interview; Means end chain analysis; Mobile computing; Smartphone; User empowering; Value oriented approach

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MOBILE COMPUTING; RESEARCH; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; SURVEYS;

CONCRETE ACTIVITIES; IMPORTANT OBJECT; LADDERING INTERVIEW; MEANS-END CHAIN APPROACH; MEANS-END CHAINS; PERSONALIZATIONS; USER EMPOWERING; VALUE-ORIENTED APPROACH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84901784208     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isj.12031     Document Type: Article

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