Are we making a better world with ICTs? Reflections on a future agenda for the IS field

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Walsham, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical approaches; ethics; future agenda; interdisciplinarity; IS field; methodology

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FUTURE AGENDA; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; IS FIELD; METHODOLOGY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84861553944     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2012.4     Document Type: Review

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