Relating IT strategy and organizational culture: An empirical study of public sector units in India

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-57

  Kanungo, Shivraj ^a   Sadavarti, Sanjeev ^a   Srinivas, Yadlapati ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

India; IT strategy; MIS; Organization culture; Qualitative and quantitative research; Survey and case study research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035268670     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(01)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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