"Omega is a four-letter word": Toward a tension-centered model of resistance to information and communication technologies

Communication Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-540

  Jian, Guowei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICT Implementation; Organizational Tension; Social Construction of Technology; Technological Change; Workplace Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448962791     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750701716602     Document Type: Article

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