When users are IT experts too: The effects of joint IT competence and partnership on satisfaction with enterprise-level systems implementation

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-37

  Davis, Joshua M ^a   Kettinger, William J ^b   Kunev, Dimitar G ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise level system implementation; Joint IT competence; Matched pair survey; Partnership; PLS; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849183958     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.4     Document Type: Article

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