3rd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharin

Research Article

Technology Adoption and the Mobile Worker: The Case of the Field Journalist

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2007.4553872,
        author={Michael Er},
        title={Technology Adoption and the Mobile Worker: The Case of the Field Journalist},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharin},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2008},
        month={6},
        keywords={Australia  Buildings  Collaborative work  Databases  Erbium  Impedance  Information resources  Personal digital assistants  Portable computers  Technological innovation},
        doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2007.4553872}
    }
    
  • Michael Er
    Year: 2008
    Technology Adoption and the Mobile Worker: The Case of the Field Journalist
    COLLABORATECOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2007.4553872
Michael Er1,*
  • 1: Faculty of IT and Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia +61 29514 8031
*Contact email: Michael.Er@uts.edu.au

Abstract

Mobile technology offers the potential to connect the mobile worker with information resources which would normally be available in an office setting. Such devices could improve the competency of these workers when making on-the-spot decisions however there are many published cases of failure to adopt such innovations. In many instances the potential which the tool possesses to improve work has been recognised by workers and yet they persist with incumbent work methods. This paper examines one such case, namely print journalists reporting from the field. Major impediments to mobile technology adoption include the potential negative effect which the device has upon the established information system and, in particular, its influence on the level of collaboration of different mobile workers.