Expanding the explanatory power of agency theory for the knowledge economy

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 510-519

  Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Health Care Technology Management Association HCTM   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Enterprise integration systems; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Foucault; Knowledge management; Knowledge worker; Power knowledge; SAP R 3; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744811991     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2006.009573     Document Type: Article

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