Of managers, ideas and jesters, and the role of information technology

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Välikangas, Liisa ^a   Sevón, Guje ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detachment; Ideas; Information technology; Jesters; Managers; Sociomateriality

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT; HUMAN ACTOR; IDEAS; JESTERS; SOCIOMATERIALITY;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957722862     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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