The diffusion and use of institutional theory: A cross-disciplinary longitudinal literature survey

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-368

  Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b   Irani, Zahir ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Information systems research; Institutional theory; Institutionalisation; Institutionalism; Longitudinal literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450227431     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2009.16     Document Type: Article

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