Information systems actability: Tracing the theoretical roots

Semiotica

Volumn 2009, Issue 175, 2009, Pages 379-401

  Goldkuhl, Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communicative action; Information system; Pragmatics; Social action

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449110150     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2009.054     Document Type: Review

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