A situated cultural approach for cross-cultural studies in IS

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-563

  Ali, Maged ^a   Brooks, Laurence ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Information systems; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149099591     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910993536     Document Type: Article

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