A re-conceptualization of the interpretive flexibility of information technologies: Redressing the balance between the social and the technical

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-582

  Doherty, Neil F ^a   Coombs, Crispin R ^a   Loan Clarke, John ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community trusts; Control; Empowerment; Interpretive flexibility; NHS; Systems development; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845919017     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000653     Document Type: Article

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