Management implications in information systems research: The untold story

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 474-494

  Ramiller, Neil C ^a   Pentland, Brian T ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems research; Management implications; Narrative; Process theory; Ragmatic generality; Variables centered research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE;

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INFORMATION SYSTEM RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; NARRATIVE; PROCESS THEORY; RAGMATIC GENERALITY; RESEARCH TRADITIONS; VARIABLE-CENTERED RESEARCH;

MANAGERS;

EID: 70749143619     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00202     Document Type: Article

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