Bridging the IS academic-practitioner relationship divide: A review, a theoretical framework, and an example of interaction

ACIS 2007 Proceedings - 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1069-1078

  Darroch, Fiona ^a   Toleman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic practitioner relationship; Action research; IS crisis; IS theory; Research relevance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC-PRACTITIONER RELATIONSHIP; ACTION RESEARCH; BUSINESS ANALYSTS; IS CRISIS; IS THEORY; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

EDUCATION;

EID: 71749118274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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