18The enactment-externalization dialectic: Rationalization and the persistence of counterproductive technology design practices in student engineering

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-420

  Leonardi, Paul ^a   Jackson, Michele ^b   Diwan, Amer ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 65249144632     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.37315471     Document Type: Article

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