THEORIES THAT EXPLAIN CONTRADICTION: ACCOUNTING FOR THE CONTRADICTORY ORGANIZATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1995

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages 55-63

  Robey, Daniel ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; STRUCTURATION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054057935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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