Mobility and Technology in the Workplace

by Hislop, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780203894354
• ISBN10: 0203894359
• Copyright: 2008-07-17
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

We have witnessed a rapid evolution in a wide range of mobile technology. This book charts the profound international implications these technological changes, have for workers and business organizations.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Work Space/Place,

Working on the move: Subverting the logic of non-space

Working on the Move: The Social and Digital Ecologies of Mobile Work Places

Voluntary ghettos and mobile bureaucracy: Civic activity and acts of citizenship under threat

Work-Related Travel

Travelling to Work: A Century of Change

The Business of Train Travel: A Matter of Time Use

Geographies of Business Travel in the Professional Service Economy

Mobile Work Practices

The Lonely Life of the Mobile Engineer?

Re-Space-ing Place: Towards Mobile Support for Near Diagnostics

420 Years of Mobility ICT Enabled Mobile Interdependencies in London Hackney Cab Work

Context Matters: Un-ubiquitous Use of Mobile Technologies by the Police

Home Work Dynamics

Mobile Phones, Spillover and the 'Work-Life Balance,'

Freedom and Flexibility with a Ball and Chain: Managers and their Use of Mobile Phones

Travel, availability and work-life balance

Do Mobile Technologies Enable Work-Life Balance? Dual Perspectives on BlackBerry Usage for Supplemental Work

Public Policy

Mobile Work and Challenges for Public Policy

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