A study of the effectiveness of electronic document management systems

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-352

  Cho, Vincent ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

OL; Organisational learning; System effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 41349121420     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2008.017608     Document Type: Article

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