Norm-based agency for designing collaborative information systems

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-247

  Liu, Kecheng ^a   Sun, Lily ^a   Dix, Alan ^b   Narasipuram, Mohan ^c  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agency; Collaborative information systems; Normative behaviour; Norms; Semiotics; Systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035614991     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2001.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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