A theory of tailorable technology design

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 351-367

  Germonprez, Matt ^a   Hovorka, Dirk ^b   Collopy, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design theory; Information systems; Information technology; Kantian inquiry; Technology tailoring

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE;

CONTEXT OF USE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN THEORY; INITIAL DESIGN; KANTIAN INQUIRY; TECHNOLOGY DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY TAILORING; USER ENGAGEMENT; USER GOALS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 58149458000     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00131     Document Type: Article

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