Principles of canonical action research

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-86

  Davison, Robert M ^a   Martinsons, Maris G ^a   Kock, Ned ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEXAS A M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical action research; Interpretivism; Meta analysis; Organizational change; Organizational learning; Research frameworks

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ACTION RESEARCH (CAR); INTERPRETIVISM; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0347270404     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2004.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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