Cross-cultural software production and use: A structurational analysis

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-380

  Walsham, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural work; Globalization; Software development; Structuration theory; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CROSS-CULTURAL WORK; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT); STRUCTURATION THEORY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0041864816     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4132313     Document Type: Review

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