Web documents' cultural masculinity and femininity

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-128

  Zahedi, Fatemeh ^a   Van Pelt, William V ^a   Srite, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Critical social theory; Cultural dimensions; Feminine lateral convergence; Grounded theory; Hermeneutics; Knowledge interest; Masculine upward divergence; Myths; Semiology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY THEORY; CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; FEMININE LATERAL CONVERGENCE; GROUNDED THEORY; HERMENEUTICS; KNOWLEDGE INTEREST; MASCULINE UPWARD DIVERGENCE; SEMIOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845770404     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230103     Document Type: Article

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