The contingent effects of training, technical complexity, and task interdependence on successful information systems implementation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-238

  Sharma, Rajeev ^a   Yetton, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

IS implementation; IS success; Meta analysis; Task interdependence; Technical complexity; Training; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

TASK INTERDEPENDENCE; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249302441     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148789     Document Type: Article

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