On Rob Kling: The theoretical, the methodological, and the critical

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 223, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-36

  Robbin, Alice ^a   Day, Ron ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual trajectory; Rob Kling; Social critique; Social informatics; Theory

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SCAFFOLDS;

INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES; ROB KLING; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS; SOCIAL CRITIQUE; SOCIAL INFORMATICS; SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION; THEORY;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33846277607     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-37876-3_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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