Improvising Organizational Transformation over Time: A Situated Change Perspective

Information Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-92

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groupware; Improvisation; Situated Practice; Technology based Organizational Change

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPROVISATION; ORGANIZATIONAL ACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; SITUATED PRACTICE; WORK PRACTICES;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 0030509337     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.7.1.63     Document Type: Review

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