IT, productivity and organizational practices: Large sample, establishment-level evidence

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-76

  Cozzarin, Brian P ^a   Percival, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation; Human resource; Performance; Practices; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953958962     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-010-0067-0     Document Type: Article

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