The effect of organizational and individual characteristics on corporate intranet utilizations

Information Management & Computer Security

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-112

  Noorman Masrek, Mohamad ^a   Abdul Karim, Shahriza ^b   Hussein, Ramlah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intranets; Knowledge transfer; Malaysia; User studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SURVEYS;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (BOK); CASE STUDY APPROACH; CORPORATE INTRANET; CROSS SECTIONAL DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INNOVATIVENESS; INTRANET USERS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; LENGTH OF SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL DESIGNS; MALAYSIA; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PERCEPTUAL MEASURES; PERSONAL INFORMATION; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

INTRANETS;

EID: 46249092829     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685220810879591     Document Type: Article

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