Objects-in-Use and Organizing in Action Nets: A Case of an Infusion Pump

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-227

  Lindberg, Kajsa ^a   Walter, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

action; action net; boundary construction; boundary object; objects in use; organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876430002     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492612455242     Document Type: Article

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