Information systems research and development by activity analysis and development: Dead horse or the next wave?

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 453-472

  Korpela, Mikko ^a   Mursu, Anja ^a   Soriyan, Abimbola ^b   Eerola, Anne ^a   Häkkinen, Heidi ^a   Toivanen, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Emancipatory research; Information systems development; Methodology; Work development

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY THEORY; COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCHES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRACTITIONERS; METHODOLOGY; REAL-LIFE INFORMATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WORK DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84900610272     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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