Institutionalizing change in a high-technology optronics company: The role of information and communication technologies

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-269

  Hayes, Niall ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary crossing; Information systems; Institutional theory; Knowledge; Power; Workflow technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949147203     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707087786     Document Type: Article

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