Resources, Co-Evolution and Artifacts: Theory in CSCW

by Mark S. Ackerman

Book Overview

A topic of significant interest to the CSCW, IT and IS communities is the issue of how software and other technical systems come to be adopted and used. This book looks at how resources get created, adopted, modified, and die, by using a number of theoretical and empirical studies to carefully examine and chart resources over time. It examines issues such as: how resources are tailored or otherwise changed as the situations and purposes for which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849966710
• ISBN13: 9781849966719
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"