Job characteristics and job satisfaction: understanding the role of enterprise resource planning system implementation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-161

  Morris, Michael G ^a,b   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Erp systems; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction; System implementation; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

JOB SATISFACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SYSTEM; ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 77649169321     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20721418     Document Type: Article

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