Combining social shaping of technology and communicative action theory for understanding rhetorical closure in IT

Information Technology and People

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-271

  Pozzebon, Marlei ^a   Titah, Ryad ^a   Pinsonneault, Alain ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness; General management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748314507     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610689840     Document Type: Article

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