Interaction quality between IS professionals and users: Impacting conflict and project performance

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-282

  Wang, Eric T G ^a   Chen, Henry H G ^b   Jiang, James J ^c   Klein, Gary ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal conflict; Project management; User interaction

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT; PRODUCT GOALS; QUALITY INTERACTION; USER INTERACTION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 30544440417     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551505054169     Document Type: Article

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