The emergence of interpretivism in IS research

Information Systems Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 376-394

  Walsham, Geoff ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction of IS field; Interpretvism; Rhetorical analysis

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FURTHER WORKS; INTERPRETVISM; IS RESEARCHES; REFERENCE POINTS; RHETORICAL ANALYSIS;

HARDWARE;

EID: 73549100231     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.6.4.376     Document Type: Article

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