Information systems development as emergent socio-technical change: A practice approach

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Luna Reyes, Luis F ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b   Gil García, J Ramón ^c   Cresswell, Anthony M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems development; Organizational change; Practice approaches; Process models; Socio technical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444400881     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000524     Document Type: Article

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