Viewpoint: exploring the telecommuting paradox
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CSCW '00 Proceedings of the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Building boundaries and negotiating work at home
GROUP '01 Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
Expanding the 'mobility' concept
ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin
The relevance of social issues in ubiquitous computing environments
Communications of the ACM
Telecommuting: Justice and Control in the Virtual Organization
Organization Science
A Social History of the Mobile Telephone with a View of its Future
BT Technology Journal
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Data mining
Adoption of 3G+ services in Finland
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Mobile and wireless networks: services, evolution and issues
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Mobile commerce's impact on today's workforce: issues, impacts and implications
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Providing web services to mobile users: the architecture design of an m-service portal
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Mobile commerce and electronic commerce in Thailand: a value space analysis
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Human agency in a wireless world: Patterns of technology use in nomadic computing environments
Information and Organization
Self-determination of work play asynchronous mobile communication
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Mobile phone satisfaction in Malaysia: a demographic analysis
International Journal of Mobile Communications
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Working away from the traditional office place can result in homeworkers losing contact with the informal networking and mentoring relationships with colleagues necessary to progress in their careers, resulting in the feelings of professional isolation. This study investigates how the mobile phone may be used by the homeworkers to avoid such feelings. Data was collected from 25 respondents working in a telecommunications organisation using in-depth, semi-structured interviews. It emerged that four respondents expressed an interest for career progression and subsequently remained connected to their mobile phone outside of working hours to avoid feelings of professional isolation. Twenty-one respondents did not communicate a similar desire, however, they also remained connected as such. The results challenge the common assertions concerning professional isolation made within homeworking literature. These are discussed within the paper, which also addresses how the findings of this study aim to aid theoretical progression within this area. Implications for organisations employing homeworking are presented, together with the limitations of the study, and directions for future research.