Same but Different: Understanding Women's Experience of ICT in the UAE

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Vodanovich, Shahper ^a   Urquhart, Cathy ^a   Shakir, Maha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

grounded theory; Middle East; Social inclusion; Theory building; Women and ICTs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892946283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2010.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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