Exploring the assumptions underlying information systems methodologies:Their impact on past, present and future ISM research

Information Technology & People

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-327

  Russo, Nancy L ^a,b   Stolterman, Erik ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information systems; Methodology; Perceptions; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161379     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840010359509     Document Type: Article

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