The surface of emergence in systems development: Agency, institutions, and large-scale information systems

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-36

  Chae, Bongsug ^a   Poole, Marshall Scott ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Emergence; Information systems development; Large scale information systems; Social institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444408125     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000519     Document Type: Article

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