Beyond the organizational 'container': Conceptualizing 21st century sociotechnical work

Information and Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 250-269

  Winter, Susan ^a   Berente, Nicholas ^b   Howison, James ^c   Butler, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Organizations; Sociotechnical systems; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908513279     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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