Verbal and visual representations in task redesign: How different viewpoints enter into information systems design discussions

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-211

  Sarkkinen, Jarmo ^a   Karsten, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Social determinants; Social struggle; Task redesign; Verbal and visual representations

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; SOCIAL STRUGGLE; TASK REDESIGN;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 20444430504     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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