Place, space and knowledge work: A study of outsourced computer systems administrators

Accounting, Management and Information Technologies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-219

  Schultze, Ulrike ^a   Boland Jr , Richard J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Ethnography; Work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011982223     PISSN: 09598022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8022(00)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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