Information technology, privacy, and power within organizations: A view from boundary theory and social exchange perspectives

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-190

  Stanton, Jeffrey M ^a   Stam, Kathryn R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942642938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v1i2.3351     Document Type: Article

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