Effects of the user participation process and task meaningfulness on key information system outcomes

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 797-812

  Hunton, James E ^a   Price, Kenneth H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Information Systems; Procedural Justice; User Involvement; User Participation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; USER INTERFACES;

PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER PARTICIPATION;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031152619     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.6.797     Document Type: Article

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