Boundary Disputes Negotiating the Boundary between the Technical and the Social in the Development of IT Systems

Information Technology & People

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 9-24

  Bloomfield, Brian P ^a   Vurdubakis, Theo ^b  

^a Manchester School of Management ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003057733     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849410074007     Document Type: Article

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