An Empirically Derived Taxonomy of Information Technology Structure and Its Relationship to Organizational Structure

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-34

  Fiedler, Kirk Dean ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Grover, Varun ^a,d,g,h,i   Teng, James T C ^a,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Arthur Young and Company

^f Academy of Management

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^h Southern Illinois University

ⁱ Southern Illinois University ^*

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Information technology structure; Organizational decision making structure; Organizational integration; Organizational structure; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030307361     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1996.11518110     Document Type: Article

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