Legitimating technologies: Ambiguity as a premise for negotiation in a networked institution

Information Technology & People

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 304-321

  Mantovani, Giuseppe ^a   Spagnolli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer users; Networks; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165670     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005834     Document Type: Article

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