Investigating organizational learning in eGovernment projects: A multi-theoretic approach

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-123

  Phang, Chee Wei ^a   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^a   Ang, Caizuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

eGovernment; Institutional theory; IT implementation; Organizational culture; Organizational learning; Organizational politics; Structuration theory; Structurational framework

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS; STRUCTURATION THEORY; STRUCTURATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 43849090009     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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