Information politics and information culture: A case study

Informing Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 211-244

  Travica, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information; Information culture; Information politics; Information technology; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Organizational culture; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944487185     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/496     Document Type: Review

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