Approaching information infrastructure as an ecology of ubiquitous sociotechnical relations

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2005, Pages 249-260

  Constantinides, Panos ^a   Barrett, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Information infrastructure; Interpretive case studies; Sociotechnical analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INTERPRETIVE CASE STUDIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84902996794     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28918-6_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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