ICT and organizational change: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-22

  Barrett, Michael ^a   Grant, David ^b   Wailes, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Information system; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744551884     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886305285299     Document Type: Article

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