Learning about information technologies and social change: The contribution of social informatics

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-232

  Kling, Rob ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Computerization; Knowledge management; Organizational informatics; Social change; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034338059     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240050133661     Document Type: Article

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