The Effect of Decision Style on the Use of a Project Management Tool: An Empirical Laboratory Study

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 28-42

  Fox, Terry L ^a   Wayne Spence, J ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision Making; Decision Style; Project Management Software; Project Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751195724     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1066149.1066153     Document Type: Article

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