Mobile Communication Comparisons Between Diverse Workers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keri K. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Managerial Control ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Single Location ◽  
Closed Door ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Task Variability ◽  
And Task ◽  
Mobile Use

This chapter combines the data from all the workers (150 different people across 35 diverse occupations) whose stories have been shared in this book. From the examination of the characteristics of specific jobs that influence mobile communication at work, four categories emerge: autonomy, mobility, task variability, and communication focus. People who have low autonomy in doing their work typically have predictable times when they have mobile access—breaks—but spend the bulk of their days without that access. Workers with a high degree of autonomy are reachable more often, but their access isn’t necessarily predictable: they might be in a closed-door meeting. It’s acceptable to use mobile devices when employees enjoy higher autonomy, more mobility, and task variability. But people who do repetitive jobs, work in a single location, and have little autonomy are more subject to managerial control and have fewer times where their mobile use is considered acceptable.

Security issues in Mobile Computing

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Kartik Khurana ◽  
Harpreet Kaur ◽  
Ritu Chauhan ◽  
Shalu Chauhan ◽  
Shaveta Bhatia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Security Issues

Now a day’s mobile communication has become a serious business tool for the users. Mobile devices are mainly used for the applications like banking, e-commerce, internet access, entertainment, etc. for communication. This has become common for the user to exchange and transfer the data. However people are still facing problems to use mobile devices because of its security issue. This paper deals with various security issues in mobile computing. It also covers all the basic points which are useful in mobile security issues such as categorisation of security issues, methods or tactics for success in security issues in mobile computing, security frameworks.

The Complexities of Using Mobiles at Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 338-352
Author(s):  
Keri K. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
The Way ◽  
Mobile Use

Mobile devices have diffused into work by transitioning from being organizational assets to personal communication tools. This chapter examines the perceptions and practices of diverse types of workers, located around the globe, and reveals the often-hidden complexities surrounding mobile use at work. People can use their mobiles to be productive and connected on the job, but they also face challenges. The shift in control over communication means that organizations have reacted by creating bring-your-own-device-to-work policies, banning their employees from using personal mobiles, and practically forcing workers to provide their own devices and be accessible 24/7. Along the way, workers have had to negotiate with co-workers, managers, clients, friends, strangers, and family concerning how and when they use their mobiles. As they try to build bridges between work and personal life, struggles with self-management and temporal mismatches in the form of reachability can emerge.

User Perceptions of Haptic Fidgets on Mobile Devices for Attention and Task Performance

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Anna Williams ◽  
Brianna Posadas ◽  
Diandra Prioleau ◽  
Isabel Laurenceau ◽  
Juan E. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
And Task

Accessing Big Data in the Cloud Using Mobile Devices

2014 ◽  
pp. 444-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoliang Wang ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Tolga Soyata
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
Processing Power ◽  
Require Response

The amount of data acquired, stored, and processed annually over the Internet has exceeded the processing capabilities of modern computer systems, including supercomputers with multiple-Petaflop processing power, giving rise to the term Big Data. Continuous research efforts to implement systems to cope with this insurmountable amount of data are underway. The authors introduce the ongoing research in three different facets: 1) in the Acquisition front, they introduce a concept that has come to the forefront in the past few years: Internet-of-Things (IoT), which will be one of the major sources for Big Data generation in the following decades. The authors provide a brief survey of IoT to understand the concept and the ongoing research in this field. 2) In the Cloud Storage and Processing front, they provide a survey of techniques to efficiently store the acquired Big Data in the cloud, index it, and get it ready for processing. While IoT relates primarily to sensor nodes and thin devices, the authors study this storage and processing aspect of Big Data within the framework of Cloud Computing. 3) In the Mobile Access front, they perform a survey of existing infrastructures to access the Big Data efficiently via mobile devices. This survey also includes intermediate devices, such as a Cloudlet, to accelerate the Big Data collection from IoT and access to Big Data for applications that require response times that are close to real-time.

Supporting Mobile Access to VLE Resources through MobiGlam

2012 ◽  
pp. 315-332
Author(s):  
Fatma Meawad ◽  
Geneen Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Generic Framework ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

MobiGlam is a generic framework of interoperability with existing virtual learning environments (VLEs) that provides a compact and easy to use implementation of learning activity on Java enabled mobile devices. A case study was conducted at the University of Glamorgan, UK where MobiGlam was seamlessly integrated with the university’s VLE to support the delivery of computer courses at the foundation level. Such integration showed an added value to the participants and in many cases, it improved their use of the VLE. This chapter reports on the deployment, the evaluation, and the results of this case study. The results are analysed from two views: the impact on the participants’ use of the VLE and the framework’s overall usability.

Interaction Design for Personal Photo Management on a Mobile Device

2008 ◽  
pp. 69-85
Author(s):  
Hyowon Lee ◽  
Cathal Gurrin ◽  
Gareth J.F. Jones ◽  
Alan F. Smeaton
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Interaction Design ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Camera Phones ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Manual Input ◽  
Photo Management

This chapter explores some of the technological elements that will greatly enhance user interaction with personal photos on mobile devices in the near future. It reviews major technological innovations that have taken place in recent years which are contributing to re-shaping people’s personal photo management behavior and thus their needs, and presents an overview of the major design issues in supporting these for mobile access. It then introduces the currently very active research area of content-based image analysis and context-awareness. These technologies are becoming an important factor in improving mobile interaction by assisting automatic annotation and organization of photos, thus reducing the chore of manual input on mobile devices. Considering the pace of the rapid increases in the number of digital photos stored on our digital cameras, camera phones and online photoware sites, the authors believe that the subsequent benefits from this line of research will become a crucial factor in helping to design efficient and satisfying mobile interfaces for personal photo management systems.

A Generic Adaptation Framework for Mobile Communication

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-57
Author(s):  
Hong Sun ◽  
Ning Gui ◽  
Chris Blondia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Quality Of Experience ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Mobile Terminals ◽  
System Resources ◽  
New Applications

Today, technologies are providing mobile terminals with much more powerful computational abilities. Such improvement has made it possible to run many complex applications on mobile devices. However, many of these new applications are also resource demanding. Lacking sufficient resources would cause performance failures and impact negatively on the users’ quality of experience. In order to improve this, it is important to provide the users with an easy access to specifying their requirements. It is also crucial to monitor the system resources and make corresponding adaptation immediately according to the user’s specifications. In this paper, the authors propose adaptation strategies that flexibly combine the process of monitoring and adaptation, which provides an easy way to specify user’s requirements. By tuning the quality of service, the applications’ demand on system resources is reduced, thus decreasing the chances of performance failures and improving the users’ quality of experience.

Comparing factors that influence learning management systems use on computers and on mobile

2019 ◽  
Vol 120 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 468-488
Author(s):  
Xiao Hu ◽  
Chun Lai
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Mobile Use

Purpose Learning management systems (LMSs) have been embraced for their potential to create a ubiquitous learning that is free from time and space constraints. Mobile devices afford enhanced mobility that enables flexible learning with LMSs. Thus, understanding students’ use of mobile devices to interact with LMSs and the influencing factors is essential. This paper aims to examine the factors that influenced students’ behavioural intention in using Web-based LMSs via mobile phones and compared the factors with those that affect students’ general acceptance of Web-based LMSs. Design/methodology/approach This study surveyed 356 university students and interviewed 17 students on the various factors that might affect their LMS adoption. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the survey data. Findings This study identified that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, social influence and facilitating conditions were significant determinants of students’ usage intention in both contexts. However, social factors exerted greater influence on students’ behavioural intentions of mobile access than the attitudinal factors. The results also pinpointed some sociocultural and tempo-spatial factors that might have minimized the influence of perceived usefulness in the mobile context. Originality/value The study calls for special attention to the potential influences of sociocultural norms and tempo-spatial circumstances of mobile use in shaping the nature of learners’ voluntary mobile use of LMSs.

Time Constraints in New Mobile Communication: Practices among Senior Managers

KronoScope ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Mats Edenius ◽  
Hans Rämö
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Telecommunication Company ◽  
Communication Practices

AbstractBased on extensive studies on the new working conditions for senior managers in a leading telecommunication company, and a previously unstudied form of mobile management practice by the use of mobile handheld smartphones (handling calls, data, emails, sms), this paper focuses on unexpected time-saving limitations and other constraints that result from the implementation and internalization of the mobile devices. Aspects of independence that were initially anticipated from the use of mobile smartphones are increasingly offset, not only by the well-known time pressure of swiftly filtering, replying and being online, but also by some less known and unexpected limiting and constraining factors of temporal freedom.

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