The impact of emerging practices on IS specialists: Perceptions, attitudes and role changes in Hong Kong

Information and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-183

  Martinsons, Maris G ^a   Cheung, Catherine ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; CASE tools; Downsizing; Employee attitudes; End user computing; Gender differences; Human resource management; Impact of technological change; IS management; Outsourcing; Systems development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012148211     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(00)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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