User diversity impact on project performance in an environment with organizational technology learning and management review processes

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-411

  Wang, Eric T G ^a   Wei, Hsiao Lan ^a   Jiang, James J ^b   Klein, Gary ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Management review; Organizational learning; Project performance; User diversity

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MANAGEMENT REVIEW; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; USER DIVERSITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745189176     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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