ABSTRACT

The contemporary period has witnessed the rapid evolution in a wide range of mobile technology. This book charts the profound implications these technological changes have for workers and business organizations. From an organizational point of view they have the potential to transform the nature of organizations, through allowing workers to be incr

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

ByDONALD HISLOP

part |2 pages

PART I Work space/place

part |2 pages

PART II Work-related travel

chapter 5|17 pages

Travelling to work: A century of change

ByCOLIN G . POOLEY

chapter 6|13 pages

The business of train travel: A matter of time use

ByGLENN LYONS, DAVID HOLLEY, JULIET JAIN

chapter 7|16 pages

Geographies of international business travel in the professional service economy

ByJAMES R . FAULCONBRIDGE AND JONATHAN V . BEAVERSTOCK

part |2 pages

PART III Mobile work practices

chapter 8|15 pages

The lonely life of the mobile engineer?

ByCAROLYN AXTELL, DONALD HISLOP

chapter 9|15 pages

Re-space-ing place: Towards mobile support for near diagnostics

ByMIKAEL WIBERG

chapter 10|16 pages

420 years of mobility: ICT-enabled mobile interdependencies in London hackney cab work

BySILVIA ELALUF - CALDERWOOD AND CARSTEN SØRENSEN

chapter 11|14 pages

Context matters: Un-ubiquitous use of mobile technologies by the police

ByDANIEL PICA, CARSTEN SØRENSEN

part |2 pages

PART IV Home–work dynamics

chapter 12|13 pages

Mobile phones, spillover and the ‘work–life balance’

ByDIANNAH LOWRY, MEGAN MOSKOS

chapter 13|12 pages

Freedom and flexibility with a ball and chain: Managers and their use of mobile phones

ByKEITH TOWNSEND, LYN BATCHELOR

chapter 14|17 pages

Travel, availability and work–life balance

ByANN BERGMAN, PER GUSTAFSON

part |2 pages

PART V Public policy

chapter 16|13 pages

Mobile work and challenges for public policy

ByDAN WHEATLEY , IRENE HARDILL AND ANNE E . GREEN