Investigating user resistance to information systems implementation: A status quo bias perspective

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-582

  Kim, Hee Woong ^a,b   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Is implementation; Status quo bias theory; User resistance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USE;

CURRENT SITUATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION; IS IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; RESEARCH ADVANCES; STATUS QUO BIAS THEORIES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; USER RESISTANCES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 69549110659     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650309     Document Type: Article

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