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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784025003321

Titolo

Critical research in information systems [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors: Helen Richardson and Lynette Kvasny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70570-1

9786610705702

1-84663-151-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Information Technology & People ; ; 19, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerAllan

Soggetti

Information technology

Information theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Critical research in information systems: looking forward, looking back; Enabling or disabling technologies? A critical approach to web accessibility; Technologies of the self: virtual work and the inner panopticon; Combining social shaping of technology and communicative action theory for understanding rhetorical closure in IT; Critical empirical research in IS: an example of gender and the IT workforce;

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book addresses some of the issues of definition and direction of critical research in information studies. The editors welcomed scholarly inquiry which was informed by critical social theories and examined the complex relationships between information systems and their cultural, national, organizational, political and social context of use.  The papers embrace theoretical foundations, paradigmatic and methodological issues, empirical studies and praxis and reflexivity, highlighting the growing interest in critical research in the information systems discipline and enabling reflection on