Assessing moderating effect in meta-analysis: A re-analysis of top management support studies and suggestions for researchers

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-702

  Hwang, Mark I ^a   Schmidt, Frank L ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

IS implementation; management support; meta analysis; moderator; systems success

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; IS IMPLEMENTATION; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MODERATOR ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

MODERATORS;

EID: 80455178573     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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