The panoptic gaze: Analysing the interaction between enterprise resource planning technology and organisational culture

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 446-452

  Kayas, Oliver George ^a   McLean, Rachel ^a   Hines, Tony ^a   Wright, Gillian H ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning systems; Organisational culture; Panopticon; Workforce surveillance

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; MONITORING; PERSONNEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CULTURAL CONTEXT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; PANOPTICON; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; WORKFORCE SURVEILLANCE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 54949148271     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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