Organizational control and supervision are among the acute problems, with which managers are dealing. The main problem is to gain the subordinates obedience towards the managerial decisions, without provoking objections and disputes, which may jeopardize the organization and its stability. In...

Recent developments in mobile technologies have produced a new kind of device: a programmable mobile phone, the smartphone. In this article, the authors argue that the technological and social characteristics of this device make it a useful tool in social sciences, particularly sociology, social...