Group cohesion in organizational innovation: An empirical examination of ERP implementation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-244

  Wang, Eric T G ^a   Ying, Ta Chung ^b   Jiang, James J ^c   Klein, Gary ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise resources planning; Group dynamics; Organizational innovation; User participation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DATA SUPPORT; GROUP DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; USER PARTICIPATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33344466820     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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