The work of IT system developers in context: An organizational case study

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-71

  Symon, Gillian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0031699801     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci1301_2     Document Type: Article

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