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Is information systems a reference discipline?

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The frequent citations to IS research suggest its role in advancing science.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 5
Two decades of the language-action perspective
May 2006
125 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1125944
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