Taming Information Technology: Lessons from Studies of System Administrators

Taming Information Technology: Lessons from Studies of System Administrators

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-310

  Kandogan, Eser ^a   Maglio, Paul ^a   Haber, Eben ^a   Bailey, John ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sterling Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Distributed cognition; Grounding; Information technology; System administrator; Technology evolution; Work practices; Workplace studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884153069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374124.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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