Process gatekeepers and compliance with enterprise processes

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-419

  Berente, Nicholas ^a   Ivanov, Danail ^b   Vandenbosch, Betty ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kaplan University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data communication systems; Governance; Organizational processes; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953294974     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151011049421     Document Type: Article

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