The impact of autonomy on information systems planning effectiveness

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 789-807

  Mirchandani, Dinesh A ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Information systems planning; Multinational firms; Theory Y

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMY; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING; IS PLANNING; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; PLANNING EFFECTIVENESS; POSTAL SURVEY; STRATEGY SELECTION; THEORY Y;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 38649103204     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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