Effect of management support, training, and user involvement on system usage and satisfaction in Kuwait

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-356

  Rouibah, Kamel ^a   Hamdy, Hosny I ^a   Al Enezi, Majed Z ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Kuwait Fund for Arabic Development   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Information systems; Kuwait; Senior management; Training

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EASE-OF-USE; END-USERS; KUWAIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH MODELS; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; TRAINING; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER SATISFACTION; USER'S SATISFACTION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 67650686660     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910939371     Document Type: Article

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