Maybe not the king, but an invaluable subordinate: A commentary on Avison and Malaurent's advocacy of 'theory light' is research

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-345

  Markus, M Lynne ^a  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84927155282     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2014.19     Document Type: Note

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