Information technology and the structuring of organizations

Information Systems Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 143-169

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a   Robey, Daniel ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems; Organizational change; Organizational structure; Social theory; Structuration

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL THEORY; STRUCTURATION; SYSTEMS RESEARCH; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0001229464     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2.2.143     Document Type: Article

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