Working with connective flow: How smartphone use is evolving in practice

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 558-570

  Dery, Kristine ^a   Kolb, Darl ^b   Maccormick, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; connective flow; connectivity; mobility; smartphone

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AGENCY; CONNECTIVE FLOW; CONNECTIVITY; FINANCIAL SERVICE; HAND HELD DEVICE; INTEGRAL PART; MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; WORK PRACTICES;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84906850972     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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