Enculturation of user involvement in software development organizations - An interpretive case study in the product development context

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 82, Issue , 2004, Pages 287-296

  Iivari, Netta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; User involvement; User centered design

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONTEXT; CULTURAL SETTINGS; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER INVOLVEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HOLMIUM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77952965567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028014.1028059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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