Designing routines: On the folly of designing artifacts, while hoping for patterns of action

Information and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-250

  Pentland, Brian T ^a   Feldman, Martha S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 53249095394     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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