An activity theoretic model for information quality change

First Monday

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Stvilia, Besiki ^a   Gasser, Les ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 42149148803     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i4.2126     Document Type: Article

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