The influence of human factors and specialist involvement on information systems success

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-152

  Martinsons, Maris G ^a,b   Chong, Patrick K C ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Pac Rim Inst for Studs of Mgmt   (Canada)

^c Asia Pac Ctr Organisational Devmt   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Human factors; Information systems success; Organizational change management; Performance management; Technology assimilation; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040427724     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016976501131     Document Type: Article

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