Technological Frames: Making Sense of Information Technology in Organizations

ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 174-207

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a   Gash, Debra C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

managing expectations; social cognitions; technological frames; technological implementation; technology use

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMAN FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0028409472     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: 15582868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/196734.196745     Document Type: Article

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