AFFORDANCES IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

Authors

  • Ana Claudia Belfort Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE
  • Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE
  • Cristina Dai Prá Martens Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/alcance.v24n3(Jul/Set).p363-379

Keywords:

Affordances in Mobile Technology, Mobility, Bibliometric.

Abstract

Affordances indicate both possibilities of use, and usability of an action or piece of information. The concept of affordances, initially restricted to the field of psychology, today permeates the area of technology and mobility. This article outlines the profile of scientific studies on affordances in mobile technology. For this, a comprehensive literature review was conducted, including seminal and current studies on affordances, and studies that address the subject in the context of mobile technology. A bibliometric study with a sample of 104 articles published between 2005 and 2015 identified the main articles, the types of affordances described in the context of mobility, and the theoretical framework used to address affordances in mobile technology. The techniques of bibliometric, lexical, and content analysis allowed us to analyze the evolution of the scientific literature on affordances in mobile technology; to identify the main authors, the patterns of citations and co-citations, and the main periodicals and events that published more articles on theme, among other factors. This work also presents some contributions, limitations, and suggestions for further research.

Author Biographies

Ana Claudia Belfort, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

Doutoranda no Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Administração - PPGA/UNINOVE. Mestre em Gestão de Projetos pelo Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração - Gestão de Projetos - MPA-GP/UNINOVE. Email: belfortanaclaudia@gmail.com

Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

Doutor em Administração pela Université Pierre Mendès France (UPMF)/Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) (Grenoble, França) e Professor Titulas do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

Cristina Dai Prá Martens, Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) e Diretora do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração - Gestão de Projetos da Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE

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Published

2017-11-17

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3(Jul/Set) (2017)

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