Power, knowledge and Management Information Systems education: The case of the Indian learner

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1723-1736

  Hayes, Niall ^a   Whitley, Edgar A ^b   Introna, Lucas D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foucault; Indian learner; International students; Knowledge; MIS programmes; Power; Truth

Indexed keywords

FOUCAULT; INDIAN LEARNER; KNOWLEDGE; POWER; TRUTH;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870219900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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