Table of contents
Boundary Disputes: : Negotiating the Boundary between the Technical and the Social in the Development of IT Systems
Brian P. Bloomfield, Theo VurdubakisDiscusses the problematic nature of the boundary between the“technical” and the “social” and its consequences in respect ofunderstanding the relationship between technological and…
Programmed Innovation? Trajectories of Change in Software Development
Paul QuintasExplores the idea of trajectories of innovation in software development.Patterns of Innovation are analysed within social and institutionalcontexts, and within the context of…
Boundaries and Quandaries: Establishing a Professional Context for IT
Stuart ShapiroThe professionalization of IT has long been complicated by disagreementover the appropriate model to employ. Physicians, lawyers, scientists,engineers, artisans, and artists have…
Information Technology and the Family: Electronic Surveillance and Home Imprisonment
Ann Aungles, David CookThe development of information technologies has led to the restructuringof the boundaries within and between organizations in a number of areasof social life. Examines the impact…
Promoting Health and Welfare: The Challenge for Information Technology? : A Strategic Agenda for Enabling Disabled People
On‐Kwok LaiThe question of how to enable disabled and disadvantaged people viainformation technology (IT) represents one of the challenges facing mostdeveloping countries in the coming…
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0959-3845Renamed from:
Office Technology and PeopleOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof Edgar Whitley
- Prof Kevin Crowston
- Prof Yulin Fang
- Prof Jyoti Choudrie