Working with information: Information management and culture in a professional services organization

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 491-510

  Choo, Chun Wei ^a,d   Furness, Colin ^a   Paquette, Scott ^a   Van Den Berg, Herman ^a   Detlor, Brian ^b   Bergeron, Pierrette ^c   Heaton, Lorna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d FIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information culture; Information management; Information use outcomes

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION CULTURE; INFORMATION USE OUTCOMES; INFORMATION VALUES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845320478     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506068159     Document Type: Article

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