An exploratory study on the factors influenceing managers' use of mobile tablets

Edgar Kautzner; Shijia Gao; William Yeoh; Siew Fan Wong

An exploratory study on the factors influenceing managers' use of mobile tablets

Edgar Kautzner, Shijia Gao, William Yeoh, Siew Fan Wong

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Abstract

Although mobile tablets such as iPads are being used by many managers, there has been a relative dearth of research on the managerial use of the mobile technology. This exploratory study aims to identify and understand the factors influencing the use of mobile tablets by managers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a panel of seven managers who had incorporated mobile tablets into their work routine. The study has found that the mobile tablet is a suitable device for managerial tasks due to these nine main factors: non-routineness, collaborative nature, time-critical, informationcentric, mobility, user friendliness of the interface, reliability, connectivity, and autonomy. This exploratory study fills in the research gap and provides a basis to help managers establish a business case for or against mobile tablets adoption.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PACIS 2015 Proceedings
Editors	Atreyi Kankanhalli, Andrew Burton Jones, Thompson Teo
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA, USA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2015 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 5 Jul 2015 → 9 Jul 2015 Conference number: 19th https://web.archive.org/web/20150728131139/http://www.pacis2015.org/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/ (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2015
Abbreviated title	PACIS 2015
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	5/07/15 → 9/07/15
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20150728131139/http://www.pacis2015.org/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/ (Proceedings)

Keywords

Interview
Manager
Managerial use
Mobile tablet
Mobile technology

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Kautzner, E, Gao, S, Yeoh, W & Wong, SF 2015, An exploratory study on the factors influenceing managers' use of mobile tablets. in A Kankanhalli, AB Jones & T Teo (eds), PACIS 2015 Proceedings., 84, Association for Information Systems, Atlanta, GA, USA, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2015, Singapore, Singapore, 5/07/15. <http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/84/>

An exploratory study on the factors influenceing managers' use of mobile tablets. / Kautzner, Edgar; Gao, Shijia; Yeoh, William et al.
PACIS 2015 Proceedings. ed. / Atreyi Kankanhalli; Andrew Burton Jones; Thompson Teo. Atlanta, GA, USA: Association for Information Systems, 2015. 84.

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