Enablers of enterprise systems training success - An exploratory investigation

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-265

  Rajagopalan, Balaji ^a   York, Kenneth M ^a   Doane, David P ^a   Tanniru, Mohan ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

End user training; Enterprise systems; System implementation; Systems training strategy; Training enablers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847014080     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2007.011978     Document Type: Article

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