Information practices in the broader ‘deportment’ of mobile knowledge work

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Thomson, Leslie ^a   Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

human information behavior; information practices; mobile work; mobility; technology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION BEHAVIOURS; INFORMATION PRACTICES; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; MOBILE WORK; MOBILITY; TECHNOLOGY; WORKERS';

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84987761225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010057     Document Type: Article

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