An empirical examination of the role of social integration in system development projects

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-353

  Aladwani, Adel M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Information systems evaluation; Integration oriented rewards; Integration oriented training; Social integration; System complexity; System development project performance

Indexed keywords

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036407037     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2002.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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