Knowledge sharing in information systems development: A social interdependence perspective

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 550-575

  Pee, Loo Geok ^a   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^b   Kim, Hee Woong ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Information systems development (ISD); ISD project phase performance; Knowledge sharing; Social interdependence

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EXTERNAL INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PHASIS; SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 78650378406     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00238     Document Type: Article

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