Changing attitudes and behavior of stakeholders during an information systems-led organizational change

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-513

  Hussain, Zahid ^a   Hafeez, Khalid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information systems "led organizational change; Metaphorical journey maps; Metaphors

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149260058     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886308326564     Document Type: Article

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