The interaction of organizational structures and technologies-in-practice: A structuralist analysis

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3986-3996

  Raeth, Philip ^a   Müller, Benjamin ^b   Smolnik, Stefan ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

IS use; Organizational change; Structuration theory; Wiki; Work practices

Indexed keywords

IS USE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; STRUCTURATION THEORY; WIKI; WORK PRACTICES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84884653517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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