The impact of ideology on the organizational adoption of open source software

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 58-72

  Ven, Kris ^a   Verelst, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Information technology adoption; Open source software; Organizational innovation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADOPTION DECISION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMALL ORGANIZATIONS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 44149105288     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2008040103     Document Type: Article

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