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Freedom and Flexibility with a Ball and Chain: Managers and their Use of Mobile Phones (2008)
Book Chapter
Townsend, K., & Batchelor, L. (2008). Freedom and Flexibility with a Ball and Chain: Managers and their Use of Mobile Phones. In Mobility and Technology in the Workplace. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203894354

Mobile phones can be categorized as personal technologies and, as with other devices of this genre, increased use leads to increased reliance upon the technology (Sørensen and Pica 2003). In addition, mobile phones create opportunities, or at least t... Read More about Freedom and Flexibility with a Ball and Chain: Managers and their Use of Mobile Phones.

A Modern Contested Terrain: Mobile Phones at Work (2006)
Journal Article
Batchelor, L., & Townsend, K. (2006). A Modern Contested Terrain: Mobile Phones at Work. Employment Relations Record, 6(1), 65-72

We can see technology change the private lives of people and also in their working lives. But what happens when these two worlds collide? This paper explores the way labour and management are grappling with the issue of mobile phone technology in the... Read More about A Modern Contested Terrain: Mobile Phones at Work.

Managing mobile phones: a work/non-work collision in small business (2005)
Journal Article
Townsend, K., & Batchelor, L. (2005). Managing mobile phones: a work/non-work collision in small business. New Technology, Work and Employment, 20(3), 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005x.2005.00158.x

We can see technology changing people's private and working lives. But what happens when these two worlds collide? This paper explores two small organisations that have taken different approaches to the use of mobile phone technology. This area of co... Read More about Managing mobile phones: a work/non-work collision in small business.