Work, organisation and enterprise resource planning systems: An alternative research agenda

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-214

  Dery, Kristine ^a   Grant, David ^a   Harley, Bill ^b   Wright, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING SYSTEM; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33750350898     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Review

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