The influence of national culture on the level and outcome of is development decisions

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3-28

  Heales, Jon ^a   Cockcroft, Sophie ^a   Raduescu, Corina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; GLOBE project; Information system maintenance; Information systems evolution; Leadership; National culture; Organizational culture; Technical factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644618752     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2004.10856382     Document Type: Article

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