Re-examining the causal structure of information technology impact research

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-416

  Paré, Guy ^a   Bourdeau, Simon ^a   Marsan, Josianne ^a   Nach, Hamid ^b   Shuraida, Shadi ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal agency; Causal structure; IS theory; IT impact research; Level of analysis; Logical structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349106413     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2008.34     Document Type: Article

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