A cybernetic theory of the impact of implementers' actions on user resistance to information technology implementation

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rivard, Suzanne ^a   Lapointe, Liette ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL DEVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATIONS; IT APPLICATIONS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RESISTANCE BEHAVIORS;

CONTROL; FEEDBACK; IMPACT RESISTANCE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77951762403     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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