The relationship between information technology adoption and job satisfaction in contracting companies in Jordan

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue , 2010, Pages 44-63

  Attar, Ghalia A ^a   Sweis, Rateb J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contracting companies; IT adoption; Job satisfaction; Jordan

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTING COMPANIES; CONTRACTING FIRMS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY; IT ADOPTION; JORDANIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 76449098692     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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