An evaluation of the practice based approach to understanding the adoption and use of information systems

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 878-901

  Rivera, Gibran ^a   Cox, Andrew ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Information systems; Mexico; Practice based approach; Technology adoption and use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927550905     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JD-06-2013-0080     Document Type: Article

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