Hamlet without the prince: The ethnographic turn in information systems research

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-33

  Tinker, Tony ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0002158890     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579810207292     Document Type: Review

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