Does a project champion matter? An in-depth understanding of champion impact in a large-scale information system implementation

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-290

  Dong, Linying ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change management; Implementation success; Information system implementation; Project champions

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; IS IMPLEMENTATION; LARGE-SCALE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT CHAMPIONS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955039356     PISSN: 14793121     EISSN: 1479313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2007.015600     Document Type: Article

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