Identity and self-presentation: From a representational to a performative lens in studying social media engagement in organisations

ACIS 2012 : Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Orsatti, Jo ^a   Riemer, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Identity; Identity work; Knowledge work; Performative lens; Self presentation; Social Media

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY; IDENTITY WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORK; SELF PRESENTATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84878341216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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