Local adaptations to global trends: A study of an IT-based organizational change program in a Nigerian bank

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-86

  Bada, Abiodun O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Globalization; Information technology transfer; IT enabled organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017129     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240290075011     Document Type: Article

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