Interpretation of Groupware Effect in an Organization using Structuration Theory
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The need for appropriate interpretative and evaluative frameworks for understanding groupware and related technologies is discussed. Structuration is employed to examine some aspects of an implementation of groupware within one organization and various interpretative outcomes
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