Transforming Work Through Information Technology: A Comparative Case Study of Geographic Information Systems in County Government

Information Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-110

  Robey, Daniel ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IS Implementation; Organizational Impacts of Information Technology; Organizational Learning

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS; DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; IS IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACTS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030523462     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.7.1.93     Document Type: Review

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