The assessment of organizational mindfulness processes for the effective assimilation of IT innovations

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-51

  Mu, Enrique ^a   Butler, Brian S ^b  

^a CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahp; Decision lens; IT innovations; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ASSESSMENT MODELS; COLLECTIVE MINDFULNESS; IT INNOVATION; KEY FACTORS; MINDFULNESS; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; ORGANIZATIONAL MINDFULNESS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79952047103     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.18.27-51     Document Type: Article

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