Client as designer in collaborative design science research projects: What does social science design theory tell us?

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 476-488

  Weedman, Judith ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design practice; Design science research; Design theory; Designer client colloboration; Scientific collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749112191     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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