User resistance determinants and the psychological contract in enterprise system implementations

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 625-636

  Klaus, Tim ^a   Blanton, J Ellis ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

enterprise systems; mandatory adoption; psychological contract; user resistance

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; MANDATORY ADOPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS; SEMI-STRUCTURED; THROUGH THE LENS; USER ACCEPTANCE; USER RESISTANCES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 77958616469     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.39     Document Type: Article

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