From findings to theories: Institutionalizing social informatics

Information Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-275

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Tapia, Andrea ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerization; Institutions; Social informatics; Sociotechnical

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547401652     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701444196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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