Management reactions to technological change: The example of enterprise resource planning

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-75

  Harley, Bill ^a   Wright, Christopher ^b   Hall, Richard ^c,d   Dery, Kristine ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource plannin; Middle managers; Reactions to change; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744532494     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886305284857     Document Type: Article

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