Enacting integrated information technology: A human agency perspective

Organization Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Boudreau, Marie Claude ^a   Robey, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human agency; Improvised learning; Information technology; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944380946     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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