Özet:

In today's world, mobile devices became an inevitable part of our lives. The main purpose of this study is to find out perceptions of business professionals towards use of their mobile device in the workplace as well as at the business meeting settings. To understand business professionals’ mobile phone usage at the workplace, an online survey was conducted with Turkish business professionals, who are members of Linked-in social network. Findings of the study indicate the fact that, mobile phone usage at work is positively welcomed in general. Respondents especially appreciate “the flexibility” and “the ability of doing a better job” through accessing corporate emails and other business apps outside official working hours and they strongly believe that “mobile phone usage at work is necessary”. However, they slightly believe that their colleagues inappropriately use mobile phone at workplace. “Bringing phone to the meeting”, “Excusing oneself to take a call”, and “Checking time” are among the most appropriate mobile phone actions during the formal business meetings. On the other hand, “Checking a social media account”, “Taking a call without excuse”, and “Browsing Internet due to boredom” are seen inappropriate by most of the respondents.

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