Organizational mechanisms for enhancing user innovation in information technology

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-395

  Nambisan, Satish ^a   Agarwal, Ritu ^b   Tanniru, Mohan ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IS innovation; Organizational mechanisms; Propensity to innovate; Technology cognizance; Technology exploration

Indexed keywords

IS INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS; PROPENSITY TO INNOVATE; TECHNOLOGY COGNIZANCE; TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0001250427     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249468     Document Type: Article

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