DocumentCode :
289153
Title :
The use of portable offices: an exploratory analysis
Author :
Duxbury, Linda ; Corbett, Nancy ; Kersten, Gregory
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Volume :
4
fYear :
1995
fDate :
3-6 Jan 1995
Firstpage :
409
Abstract :
Portable offices, as defined in this study, require employees to have access to computer and telecommunications equipment which they use outside of their fixed office environment. The primary purpose of this paper is to examine empirically how individuals use portable offices. Four aspects of “use” are considered: (1) when is the portable office used, (2) where is the portable office used, (3) how is the portable office used, and (4) how much time is spent using a portable office. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 62 users of portable technology. Results indicate that employees with access to portable technology take advantage of the portability by using their technology to work in a number of locations outside the office as well as performing a significant amount of supplementary work at home. Primary uses included word processing/document preparation (75% of sample), E-mail (50% of sample), and the use of custom applications (40% of sample)
Keywords :
office automation; office environment; teleworking; E-mail; custom applications; document preparation; portable offices; portable technology; word processing; Airports; Application software; Cities and towns; Computer aided manufacturing; Lifting equipment; Modems; Plugs; Portable computers; Telecommunication computing; Telephony;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1995. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6930-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1995.375708
Filename :
375708
Link To Document :
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