Exploring the importance of participation in the post-implementation period of an ES project: A neglected area

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 508-524

  Wagner, Erica L ^a   Newell, Sue ^b,c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise systems; ERP; Implementation; Participatory design; Post implementation; User involvement; User participation

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE;

ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; SITUATED LEARNING; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SYSTEM SUCCESS; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER PARTICIPATION; USER RESISTANCES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 58149462493     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00142     Document Type: Article

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