What does it mean to be 'critical' in IS research?

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 49-57

  Brooke, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LINGUISTICS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION RESEARCH (IS);

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035982980     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02683960210164336     Document Type: Article

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