Mobile icts in government field operations: A socio-technical innovation project

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 60-81

  Scholl, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Work Analysis; ICT; IT; Mobile ICT; Situated Action Analysis

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS; FIELD OPERATION; INNOVATION PROJECTS; MOBILE ICT; MOBILE INFORMATION; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SITUATED ACTIONS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84919382382     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijegr.2014040105     Document Type: Article

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