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Title:
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CONSTRUCTING THE MEANING OF DOCUMENT RETENTION: A POLICY RESEARCH AGENDA |
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Author(s):
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Susan P. Williams , Catherine A. Hardy |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-16-X |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Maggie McPherson and Frank Bannister |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Keywords:
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Document retention, information policy, sociotechnical change |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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405 |
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Last Page:
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412 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Inadequate document retention and destruction (DR) practices expose organisations to a range of business risks.
However, recent legal proceedings arising from high profile corporate collapses and business continuity concerns
following natural and man-made disasters have highlighted that although DR is seen a crucial aspect of good corporate
governance many organisations have inadequate or unenforceable DR policies and practices. The volume and types of
documents being created by organisations, increased use of information technologies for the creation, storage and
retrieval of documents and the changing legal and regulatory environments create considerable complexity and
uncertainty about how to design effective DR policies and practices. This presents a significant challenge for
organisations in both the private and public sectors and to date limited research has been directed at how organisations
implement DR practices and construct DR policies. However before theory, policy and practice can be advanced there is
a need for research to illuminate common and conflicting interests, challenges, concepts and theoretical explanations as a
means of providing a more interdisciplinary and integrative view of document retention. |
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