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Is mobile email addiction overlooked?

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Studying the prevalence of mobile email addiction and the associated possible implications for organizations.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 5
        May 2010
        145 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1735223
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