Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the "IT" in IT Research - A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-134

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a   Iacono, C Suzanne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Information Systems Research; Information Technology; IT Research; IT Theory; Technological Artifacts; Technology Change

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EMERGENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IT RESEARCH; IT THEORY; PROCESSING CAPABILITY; SUBJECT MATTERS; TECHNOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS; TECHNOLOGY CHANGE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035611374     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.2.121.9700     Document Type: Article

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