Communication Practices as Functions, Rituals and Symbols: Challenges for Computerization of Paper-based Information Systems

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Mosse, Emílio ^a   Nielsen, Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

communication practices; cultural context; developing countries; health information systems; ICT; rituals; symbolic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749406118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2004.tb00119.x     Document Type: Article

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