An assessment of the relationship between ISD leadership characteristics and IS innovation adoption in organizations

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Sharma, Srinarayan ^a   Rai, Arun ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CASE; Individual characteristics; IS innovation; ISD leadership; Organizational innovation diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATION ADOPTION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037408707     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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