Mobile phone appropriation of students and staff at an institution of higher learning

• Main Authors: Abdul Karim, Nor Shariza, Oyebisi, Ishaq Oyefolahan, Mahmud, Murni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2010
• Subjects: T10.5 Communication of technical information; T58.5 Information technology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/11157/1/Mobile_Phone_Appropriation_of_Students_and_Staff_at.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11157/; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1881565&show=html

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption and appropriation of mobile phone (MP) technologies by building on the technology appropriation theories. The paper also looks into the choice of MP use through various attractors, the purposes of MP use and the extent of use of vari...