Understanding the roles of signs and norms in organizations – a semiotic approach to information systems design

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-27

  Stamper, Ronald ^a   Liu, Kecheng ^b   Hafkamp, Mark ^a   Ades, Yasser ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SEMIOTICS;

EID: 18744398097     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492900118768     Document Type: Article

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