Institutionalisation as a process of interplay between technology and its organisational context of use

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-319

  Baptista, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Institutionalisation processes; Intranet

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450286165     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2009.15     Document Type: Article

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