MECHANISMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHARED MENTAL MODELS BETWEEN THE CIO AND THE TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 465-480

  Preston, David ^a   Karahanna, Elena ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief information officer; information systems; knowledge exchange; relational similarity; shared understanding; top management team

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; RELATIONAL SIMILARITIES; ROLE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SHARED LANGUAGE; SHARED MENTAL MODEL; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646064503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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