From hand drawings to computer visuals: Confronting situated and institutionalized practices in an architecture firm

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 651-671

  Groleau, Carole ^a   Demers, Christiane ^b   Lalancette, Mireille ^c   Barros, Marcos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Architecture; Contradiction; Institutionalized practices; Situated practices; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863090929     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0667     Document Type: Article

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