A 'context-aware' and agent-centric perspective for the alignment between individuals and organizations

Information Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-466

  Zacarias, M ^a,c   Pinto, H S ^b,c   Magalhaes R ^c,d   Tribolet, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INESC   (Portugal)

^d Kuwait Maastricht Business School   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Agent modeling; Alignment; Context modeling; Enterprise modeling; Multitasking modeling; Work practice modeling

Indexed keywords

AGENT MODELING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONTEXT MODELING; CONTEXT-AWARE; CURRENT LIMITATION; DESIGN EFFORT; ENTERPRISE MODELING; HUMAN AGENT; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; WORK PRACTICES;

ALIGNMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MULTITASKING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77149152548     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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