Conflicting institutional logics: A national programme for IT in the organisational field of healthcare

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-247

  Currie, Wendy L ^a   Guah, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Institutional logics; IT policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548224106     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000102     Document Type: Article

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