Advice for an action researcher

Information Technology & People

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-27

  Mumford, Enid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Implementation; Information systems; Project management; Systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986134491     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840110384753     Document Type: Article

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