Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview

E. Palomäki; K. Hakkarainen; M. Vartiainen; M. Heiskala

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_28

Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview

E. Palomäki, K. Hakkarainen, M. Vartiainen, M. Heiskala

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

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Abstract

This article presents an overview of methods to study everyday activities in their contexts. We focused on contextual research methods used to study the daily life of workers, and a sub-group of mobile workers. The prevalence of the following methods was examined in literature: self-report recall surveys, time diaries, direct field observation, and experience sampling method (ESM). We identified only few articles where the methods were used to study working life. Adding the search term "mobile work" returned no hits. Based on this, we claim that there is a real need to apply the existing methods and to develop new methods to study mobile and multi-locational work in their contexts. The implication for future research is to point the need for filling the gaps between areas of daily research methods and studies of daily working life, and especially daily mobile work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014
Editors	Aaron Marcus
Publisher	Springer
Pages	301-312
Number of pages	12
Edition	PART 2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-07626-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-07625-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_28
Publication status	Published - 2014
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability - Heraklion, Greece Duration: 22 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014 Conference number: 3

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	8518 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability
Abbreviated title	DUXU
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Heraklion
Period	22/06/2014 → 27/06/2014

Keywords

bibliometric analysis
context-awareness
daily life research
ecological momentary assessment
everyday activity research
mobile and multilocational work
mobile data collection
mobile methods

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Palomäki, E., Hakkarainen, K., Vartiainen, M., & Heiskala, M. (2014). Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview. In A. Marcus (Ed.), Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014 (PART 2 ed., pp. 301-312). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8518 LNCS, No. PART 2). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_28

Palomäki, E. ; Hakkarainen, K. ; Vartiainen, M. et al. / Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview. Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. editor / Aaron Marcus. PART 2. ed. Springer, 2014. pp. 301-312 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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Palomäki, E, Hakkarainen, K, Vartiainen, M & Heiskala, M 2014, Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview. in A Marcus (ed.), Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 8518 LNCS, Springer, pp. 301-312, International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, Heraklion, Greece, 22/06/2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_28

Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview. / Palomäki, E.; Hakkarainen, K.; Vartiainen, M. et al.
Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. ed. / Aaron Marcus. PART 2. ed. Springer, 2014. p. 301-312 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8518 LNCS, No. PART 2).

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Palomäki E, Hakkarainen K, Vartiainen M , Heiskala M. Methods to study everyday activities in a mobile work context - A literature overview. In Marcus A, editor, Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. PART 2 ed. Springer. 2014. p. 301-312. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_28

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