Sowing the seeds of IS cultivation in public service organisations

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-194

  De Marco, Marco ^a   Sorrentino, Maddalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultivation; E government; Implementation of change; Incrementalism; Public service organisations; Social studies of ICT

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249686604     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000070     Document Type: Article

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