Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) practices in SMEs in Developing Countries – The Case of Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKabanda, Salahen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Irwinen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-04T01:20:18Z
dc.date.available2014-12-04T01:20:18Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_NZ
dc.date.issued2014en_NZ
dc.description.abstractBYOD is a practice that is manifest in most organizations; however few studies have looked at this phenomenon from a developing country perspective. This study reports on BYOD practices exhibited in Tanzanian SMEs. The paper follows a qualitative approach in which interviews and observation were the key data collection methods. The findings show that Tanzanian SMEs interpret BYOD as the use of a personal device to meet organizational needs regardless of whether the organizational network is being accessed or not. This was as a result of such SMEs not having ICT network infrastructure and resources. BYOD has been adopted by SMEs as a means of bypassing the investment required in organisational ICT resources. There was also a neglect of policy formulation for BYOD from SME management which posed a problem as employees became despondent that their personal devices were being used without due consideration to personal costs.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 8th - 10th December, Auckland, New Zealand
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-927184-26-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/8153
dc.publisherACIS
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.titleBring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) practices in SMEs in Developing Countries – The Case of Tanzaniaen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
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