A knowledge-based view of agenda-formation in the development of human resource information systems

Management Learning

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-119

  Tansley, Carole ^a   Newell, Sue ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative leadership; Epiphany; Ethnographic narrative; Human resource information systems; Metaphor; Organizational politics; Rhetorical activity; Situated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649117475     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607073028     Document Type: Article

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