Against the tyranny of powerPoint: Technology-in-use and technology abuse

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-276

  Gabriel, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Organizational knowledge; Paragrammes; Society of spectacle; Technology in use; Visual representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949205014     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607079536     Document Type: Article

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