Actors and networks or agents and structures: Towards a realist view of information systems

Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 477-496

  Mutch, Alistair ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Agency and structure; Critical realism; Information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037794027     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840293013     Document Type: Article

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