Multi-contextuality in boundary-spanning practices

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-661

  Lindgren, Rikard ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Henfridsson, Ola ^a,b  

^a VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Innovation; Multi contextuality; Sensor technology; Ubiquitous computing environments; Work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149107088     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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