Technology, organization, and structure-A morphogenetic approach

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 507-520

  Mutch, Alistair ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency and structure; Critical realism; Data warehouses; Information systems; Information technology; Organizations and information; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956986787     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0441     Document Type: Article

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