IT Artifacts as Socio-Pragmatic Instruments: Reconciling the Pragmatic, Semiotic, and Technical

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 29-43

  Goldkuhl, Göran ^a   Agerfalk, Pär J ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

actability; action; information system; pragmatism; workpractice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001574939     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2005070103     Document Type: Article

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