Socio-technical structure: An experiment in integrative theory building

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 411-432

  Rose, Jeremy ^a   Lindgren, Rikard ^b   Henfridsson, Ola ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Integrative theory development; Socio technical structure; Theoretical is perspectives

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIO-TECHNICAL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURATION THEORY; THEORETICAL IS PERSPECTIVES; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORY DEVELOPMENT; VOLVO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84902519162     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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