Information systems leadership

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Karahanna, Elena ^a   Watson, Richard Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate leadership; Development of technology management strategies; Global issues in technology management; Leadership; Strategic issues in technology management; TMT decision making; Top management team (TMT) composition and dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP; INFORMATION SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646070872     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.872247     Document Type: Article

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