Is information systems a discipline Foucauldian and Toulminian insights

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-476

  Hassan, Nik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

archaeology of knowledge; disciplinary theory; Hilosophy of science; information systems (IS) disciplinarity; intellectual structure; IS theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE; DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; DISCIPLINARY THEORY; HILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURES; IS RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; MICHEL FOUCAULT; THEORY CONSTRUCTION;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 79959555928     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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