Power, rationality, and the art of living through socio-technical change

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-315

  Avgerou, Chrisanthi ^a   McGrath, Kathy ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics of existence; IS innovation; Power knowledge; Rationality; Regime of truth; Techniques of the self

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ART OF LIVING; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIO TECHNICAL CHANGE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249290114     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148792     Document Type: Article

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