Us and them: A social capital perspective on the relationship between the business and IT departments

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Van Den Hooff, Bart ^a   De Winter, Maarten ^b  

^a VU University   (Netherlands)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

ITbusiness relationship; knowledge sharing; occupational communities; social capital

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; ITBUSINESS RELATIONSHIP; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; OCCUPATIONAL COMMUNITIES; PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955620752     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.4     Document Type: Article

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