Basic assumptions of the critical research perspectives in information systems

Handbook of Critical Information Systems Research: Theory and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 19-46

  Cecez Kecmanovic, Dubravka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84881774493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845426743.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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