Information technology as boundary object for transformational learning

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 48-58

  Forgues, Daniel ^a   Koskela, Lauri ^b   Lejeune, Albert ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Information technology; Innovation; Integrated design; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; COGNITIVE FACTORS; COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; COLLABORATIVE PATTERNS; COLLABORATIVE WORK; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE WORK; INTEGRATED DESIGN; IT STRATEGIES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70349782422     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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