Activity Theory in information systems research and practice: Theoretical underpinnings for an information systems development model

Information Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Mursu, Ánja ^a   Luukkonen, Irmeli ^a   Toivanen, Marika ^a   Korpela, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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