Response to jones and karsten, giddens's structuration theory and information systems research

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-587

  Poole, Marshall Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CRITICAL RESPONSE; STRUCTURATION; STRUCTURATION THEORY;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 69549092087     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650310     Document Type: Article

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