Middle management downsizing: An empirical investigation of the impact of information technology

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-679

  Pinsonneault, Alain ^a   Kraemer, Kenneth L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Centralization; Decentralization; Downsizing; IT Impact; Middle Management; Productivity Paradox

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CENTRALIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION; MIDDLE MANAGEMENT DOWNSIZING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031140265     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.5.659     Document Type: Article

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