Towards a unified theory of fit: Task, technology and individual

Information Systems Foundations: Theory, Representation and Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 49-69

  Davern, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

KEY ELEMENTS; STATIC POINT; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; UNIFIED THEORY;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 77955849923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22459/isftrr.11.2007.03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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