Offshore information systems project success: The role of social embeddedness and cultural characteristics

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-641

  Rai, Arun ^a   Maruping, Likoebe M ^b   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory, culture; Multilevel; Offshoring; Project management; Social embeddedness

Indexed keywords

AGENCY THEORY; AGENCY THEORY, CULTURE; CLIENT SATISFACTION; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; IS PROJECT TEAMS; LONGITUDINAL FIELD STUDY; MULTILEVEL; OFFSHORING; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; PROJECT COST; PROJECT LEADERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SOCIAL EMBEDDEDNESS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69549101973     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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