Walking the line? The enactment of the social/technical binary in software engineering

Engineering Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-149

  Lagesen, Vivian Anette ^a   Sørensen, Knut H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

co production; communication; framing; gender; social technical binary; software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; SALES;

CO-PRODUCTION; FRAMING; GENDER; NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL/TECHNICAL BINARIES; SOFTWARE COMPANY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78751531550     PISSN: 19378629     EISSN: 19408374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19378620902911584     Document Type: Article

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