Information systems research and Hofstede's culture's consequences: An uneasy and incomplete partnership

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-25

  Ford, Dianne P ^a   Connelly, Catherin E ^a   Meister, Darren B ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Hofstede; Information systems (IS); National culture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CITATION ANALYSIS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037322757     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2002.808265     Document Type: Article

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