Making Sense of Mobile Technology
Mobile technologies have facilitated a radical shift in work and private life. In this article, we seek to better understand how individual mobile technology users have made sense of these changes and adapted to them. We have used narrative enquiry and sensemaking to collect and analyze the data. Th...
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| description | Mobile technologies have facilitated a radical shift in work and private life. In this article, we seek to better understand how individual mobile technology users have made sense of these changes and adapted to them. We have used narrative enquiry and sensemaking to collect and analyze the data. The findings show that mobile technology use blurs the boundaries between work and private life, making traditional time and place distinctions less relevant. Furthermore, work and private life can be integrated in ways that may be either competitive or complementary. We also observed an effect rarely discussed in the literature—the way personal and professional aspirations affect how work and private life are integrated. Implications include the need for researchers and organizations to understand the wider consequences that arise from the integration of work and private life roles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aba04a10b19c48dc99521c919271877a2022-12-22T01:53:36ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402015-04-01510.1177/215824401558385910.1177_2158244015583859Making Sense of Mobile TechnologyDavid Pauleen0John Campbell1Brian Harmer2Ali Intezari3Massey University, Auckland, New ZealandAustralian National University, Canberra, AustraliaVictoria University, Wellington, New ZealandMassey University, Auckland, New ZealandMobile technologies have facilitated a radical shift in work and private life. In this article, we seek to better understand how individual mobile technology users have made sense of these changes and adapted to them. We have used narrative enquiry and sensemaking to collect and analyze the data. The findings show that mobile technology use blurs the boundaries between work and private life, making traditional time and place distinctions less relevant. Furthermore, work and private life can be integrated in ways that may be either competitive or complementary. We also observed an effect rarely discussed in the literature—the way personal and professional aspirations affect how work and private life are integrated. Implications include the need for researchers and organizations to understand the wider consequences that arise from the integration of work and private life roles.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015583859 |
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