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The entwinement logic of practices: Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals

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The entwinement logic of practices: Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals. / Chughtai, H.; Myers, Michael D.
Information Systems and Global Assemblages: (Re)Configuring Actors, Artefacts, Organizations - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Bill Doolin; Laurie McLeod; Eleni Lamprou; Nathalie Mitev. Springer New York LLC, 2014. p. 66-78 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 446).

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Chughtai, H & Myers, MD 2014, The entwinement logic of practices: Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals. in B Doolin, L McLeod, E Lamprou & N Mitev (eds), Information Systems and Global Assemblages: (Re)Configuring Actors, Artefacts, Organizations - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 446, Springer New York LLC, pp. 66-78, IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Auckland, New Zealand, 11/12/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45708-5_5

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Chughtai, H., & Myers, M. D. (2014). The entwinement logic of practices: Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals. In B. Doolin, L. McLeod, E. Lamprou, & N. Mitev (Eds.), Information Systems and Global Assemblages: (Re)Configuring Actors, Artefacts, Organizations - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Proceedings (pp. 66-78). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 446). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45708-5_5

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Chughtai H, Myers MD. The entwinement logic of practices: Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals. In Doolin B, McLeod L, Lamprou E, Mitev N, editors, Information Systems and Global Assemblages: (Re)Configuring Actors, Artefacts, Organizations - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Proceedings. Springer New York LLC. 2014. p. 66-78. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-45708-5_5

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Chughtai, H. ; Myers, Michael D. / The entwinement logic of practices : Insights from an ethnography of young IT professionals. Information Systems and Global Assemblages: (Re)Configuring Actors, Artefacts, Organizations - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS and O 2014, Proceedings. editor / Bill Doolin ; Laurie McLeod ; Eleni Lamprou ; Nathalie Mitev. Springer New York LLC, 2014. pp. 66-78 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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