Making things work: Dimensions of configurability as appropriation work

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 229-238

  Balka, Ellen ^a   Wagner, Ina ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Appropriation work; Configurability; Cooperative work; Health care; Organization; Physical environment; Work practice

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

APPROPRIATION WORK; CONFIGURABILITY; COOPERATIVE WORK; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; WORK PRACTICE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 34547330344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180875.1180912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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