What affects information systems development team performance? An exploratory study from the perspective of combined socio-technical theory and coordination theory

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 811-822

  Lu, Yaobin ^a   Xiang, Chunjie ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Wang, Xiaopeng ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination theory; Information systems development; Socio technical theory; Team performance

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION THEORY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL THEORY; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79551498236     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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