Phone Technology

More than a decade ago, organization theorists took cognizance of the information technology (IT) revolution and proposed that the future of the business organization was linked to a new structural paradigm known as the "virtual organization" (Davidow & Malone, 1992). This structure, which was seen as highly dependent upon the capacity of various communication networks, systems, infrastructures and platforms to link workers in disparate locations in real-time, was predicted to have the potential to replace traditional definitions of a "workplace," "work hours," and "work roles" (Fuehrer & Ashkanasy, 1998). Central to the virtual organization is what columnist Ellen Goodman called the "constant-contact future" in which portable, cellular or digital telephones and other technologies would ensure that workers are never truly "off work" or removed from their professional lives. The "virtual organization" and the "constant-contact future," while potentially improving the efficiency and interaction of businesses and industries, are accompanied by negative effects impacting upon both organizations and individuals.

Goodman argues that we are increasingly surrounded by and even attached to cellular phones and portable phones, and possessed of little pocket phones that create a personal communications network. Theoretically, this profusion of communication devices and technologies is seen as offering workers mobility and

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