How Do Mobile ICTs Enable Organizational Fluidity: Toward a Theoretical Framework

Authors

Sutirtha Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Suprateek Sarker, University of VirginiaFollow
Mikko Siponen, University of JyvaskylaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Information & Management

Volume

54

Issue

1

First page number:

1

Last page number:

13

Abstract

The focus of this theoretical paper is to investigate how mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) give rise to the notion of organizational fluidity. Drawing upon previous literature, five affordances of mobile ICTs − mobility, connectedness, interoperability, identifiability, and personalization − are discussed. Delving into the concept of organizational fluidity, the paper captures three dimensions of organizational fluidity, namely, team fluidity, task fluidity, and control fluidity. The paper then develops propositions on how different combinations of the mobile ICT affordances influence each of the dimensions of organizational fluidity. The contributions and implications of the paper are discussed.

Repository Citation

Chatterjee, S., Sarker, S., Siponen, M. (2017). How Do Mobile ICTs Enable Organizational Fluidity: Toward a Theoretical Framework. Information & Management, 54(1), 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2016.03.007