Y2K all over again: How groupthink permeates IS and compromises security

Business Horizons

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-125

  Schiano, William ^a   Weiss, Joseph W ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groupthink; Information systems; Security; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644435932     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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