Empowering the users? A critical textual analysis of the role of users in open source software development

AI and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-528

  Iivari, Netta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTUAL ANALYSIS; WORK PRACTICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 54349121738     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-008-0182-1     Document Type: Article

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