Bridging the gap between information systems research and practice: The reflective practitioner as a researcher

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 121-131

  Heiskanen, Ari ^a   Newman, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IS development; IS management; Social process models; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION; IS DEVELOPMENT; IS MANAGEMENTS; REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER; SOCIAL PROCESS; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION; UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 55949101512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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