Understanding the actualization of affordances: A study in the process modeling context

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 4522-4532

  Bernhard, Eike ^a   Recker, Jan ^a   Burton Jones, Andrew ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordances; Business process management; Business process modeling; Mixed methods; Theory building

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; MIXED METHOD; THEORY BUILDING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEA ICE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84897788162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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