A meta-theory for understanding information systems within sociotechnical systems

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-48

  Bostrom, Robert ^a   Gupta, Saurabh ^b   Thomas, Dominic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive structuration theory; Conceptual model; Meta theory; Technology mediated learning; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION THEORY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; META-THEORY; TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING; VIRTUAL TEAM;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 69249117788     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260102     Document Type: Article

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