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The Culture of an Information Economy Influences and Impacts in the Republic of Ireland

In this book Eileen Trauth peers inside the day-to-day work lives of the people who have been bringing about Ireland's transition from a small agricultural country to a healthy information economy. It is one of few book-length interpretive studies in the information systems field. This book lin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trauth, E.M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Subjects:
Business
Computer Science
Business And Management, General
Management Science
Economic Growth
Management
It In Business
Business—data Processing
Computer Science, General
Information Technology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: The Work
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Transformation to Information-Sector Work
  • II: The Workers
  • 3. A New Breed
  • 4. A Family Man
  • III: The Workplaces
  • 5. Interpersonal
  • 6. Irish
  • 7. Egalitarian
  • IV: Lessons for the Information Age
  • 8. Lessons from Ireland
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Notes on Methodology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data Collection
  • 2.1 Ethnographic Interviews
  • 2.2 Participant Observation
  • 2.3 Documentary Analysis
  • 3. Data Analysis
  • 3.1 Open Coding
  • 3.2 Interpretation
  • 3.3 Evaluation
  • 4. Research Issues Encountered and Lessons Learned
  • 4.1 Self-consciousness
  • 4.2 Emotional Proximity
  • 4.3 Control
  • 4.4 Metadata
  • 4.5 Beginning
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References

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