An integrative model of trust on IT outsourcing: Examining a bilateral perspective

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-163

  Lee, Jae Nam ^a   Huynh, Minh Q ^b   Hirschheim, Rudy ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral perspective; Initial trust and initial distrust; IT outsourcing; Knowledge sharing; Mutual dependency; Mutual trust; Outsourcing success; PLS

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING;

IT OUTSOURCING; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; MUTUAL DEPENDENCY; MUTUAL TRUST;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 41149132106     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9066-7     Document Type: Article

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