A matter of life and death: Exploring conceptualizations of Sociomateriality in the context of critical care

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 895-925

  Jones, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Empirical; Interpretive; Practice; Sociomateriality

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADOPTION; EMPIRICAL; INTERPRETIVE; PRACTICE; SOCIO MATERIALITIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84918774579     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2014/38.3.12     Document Type: Article

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