Hermeneutical exegesis in information systems design and use

Information and Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Boland, Richard J ^a   Newman, Mike ^b,c   Pentland, Brian T ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biblical criticism; Exegesis; Hermeneutic circle; Hermeneutics; Information systems development; Interpretation; Organizational texts; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249086064     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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