Resistant groups in enterprise system implementations: A Q-methodology examination

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-106

  Klaus, Tim ^a   Wingreen, Stephen C ^b   Blanton, J Ellis ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b Troy University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concourse theory; Enterprise Systems; Q methodology; Q sort; User resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749254777     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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