Towards a Theor etical Fr amework for Studying the Effect of Mobile- ICT on Coor dination

The use of mobile information and communications technologies is increasing rapidly in modern organizations. We present a theory based framework for studying the effect of these technologies on coordination in organizations. Four temporal workstyles that embed the key contingencies of dependence and uncertainty from organizational theory, and a set of fundamental question about coordination and mobility, provide the basis for the framework. We apply the framework to four mini-cases of coordination that include some element of mobility to gain initial insight into the effects of m-ICTs. The next steps include a more extensive meta-study of the literature to bolster these initial findings and to provide a foundation for the creation of a design theory