Understanding the design of information technologies for knowledge management in organizations: A pragmatic perspective

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-163

  Butler, Tom ^a   Murphy, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; IS design; IT artefact; Knowledge management systems; Phenomenology; Philosophy of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847078854     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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