Sociomaterial practices: Exploring technology at work

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1435-1448

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Materiality; Organizational research; Sociomateriality; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547877585     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607081138     Document Type: Article

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