Trends in Mobile Computing within the IS Discipline: A Ten-Year Retrospective

Communication of Association of Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 27, pp. 285-316, 2010

25 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2011

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D. Alan Ladd

Air Force Institute of Technology

Avimanyu Datta

College of Business, Illinois State University

Saonee Sarker

University of Virginia

Yanjun Yu

Southern University at New Orleans - College of Busines and Public Administration

Date Written: August 1, 2010

Abstract

We analyze mobile computing trends in research and practice between the years 2000–2009 with an inductive categorization of 806 articles in nineteen leading academic, crossover, and practitioner outlets. We integrate this categorization with previous research in mobile commerce and e-business in order to provide the most comprehensive categorization to date. Using this categorization, we next investigate trends in the discussion and research on mobile computing. From these trends, we develop a comprehensive framework that addresses both where mobile computing research has been over the past ten years, but also areas of opportunity for future research. Results indicate research is required in the areas of: (a) IT value stream proposition (both within and outside the firm), (b) human-computer interaction (designing usable mobile computing systems), (c) legal/ethical issues surrounding mobile computing-enabled activities, and (d) organizational/societal impact and change precipitated by mobile computing technologies.

Keywords: mobile, wireless, ubiquitous, mobile computing, Information Systems (IS), mobile theory, mobile application, mobile technology

Suggested Citation

Ladd, D. Alan and Datta, Avimanyu and Sarker, Saonee and Yu, Yanjun, Trends in Mobile Computing within the IS Discipline: A Ten-Year Retrospective (August 1, 2010). Communication of Association of Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 27, pp. 285-316, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1949999

D. Alan Ladd

Air Force Institute of Technology ( email )

Wright-Patterson AFB
OH
United States

Avimanyu Datta (Contact Author)

College of Business, Illinois State University ( email )

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Saonee Sarker

University of Virginia ( email )

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United States

Yanjun Yu

Southern University at New Orleans - College of Busines and Public Administration ( email )

New Orleans, LA
United States

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