Managing tensions in user groups

Technovation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-89

  Tomes, Anne ^a   Armstrong, Peter ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA; SOFTWARE COMPANY; USER GROUPS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031988577     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(97)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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