Luke Junior Engineer Male Single 26 Thai No Maintenance Mateo Specialist Male Married 53 Spanish Yes Project Cohabiting Lucas Manager Male with partner 28 Swedish No Maintenance & Performance Cohabiting Ebba Engineer Female with partner 30 Swedish No Business Cohabiting Edvin developer Male with partner 38 Swedish Yes Global Maintenance Performance John Manager Male Married 43 South African Yes Manager Maintenance Viktor Management Male Married 46 Swedish No Product Arash Analyst Male Married 31 Iranian No Figure 1: Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants 2.2.2 Interviews According to Kvale (1996), the purpose of qualitative interviews is to obtain the descriptions of life world of the respondents based on the interpretation of their subjectively constructed meanings. Thus, our main primary data collection was through semi-structured face-to-face interviews to understand how knowledge workers perceive and experience the impact of Smartphones on their work-life balance. Our choice of using interviews as means to collect data stems from the fact that it would be an appropriate way to gain an in-depth understanding of the perception and experiences of the knowledge workers (Denscombe, 2010). In total, we conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers of varied social profiles, at the in Lund within the space of three weeks. All respondents company’s office participated voluntarily, and appointments were scheduled at the convenience of each participant.
Luke Junior Engineer Male Single 26 Thai No Mateo Maintenance Specialist Male Married 53 Spanish Yes Lucas Project Manager Male Cohabiting with partner 28 Swedish No Ebba Maintenance & Performance Engineer Female Cohabiting with partner 30 Swedish No Edvin Business developer Male Cohabiting with partner 38 Swedish Yes John Global Maintenance Performance Manager Male Married 43 South African Yes Viktor Manager Maintenance Management Male Married 46 Swedish No Arash Product Analyst Male Married 31 Iranian No Figure 1: Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants 2.2.2 Interviews According to Kvale (1996), the purpose of qualitative interviews is to obtain the descriptions of life world of the respondents based on the interpretation of their subjectively constructed meanings. Thus, our main primary data collection was through semi-structured face-to-face interviews to understand how knowledge workers perceive and experience the impact of Smartphones on their work-life balance. Our choice of using interviews as means to collect data stems from the fact that it would be an appropriate way to gain an in-depth understanding of the perception and experiences of the knowledge workers (Denscombe, 2010). In total, we conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers of varied social profiles, at the company’s office in Lund within the space of three weeks. All respondents participated voluntarily, and appointments were scheduled at the convenience of each participant.
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