Understanding end-users acceptance of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in project-based sectors

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-277

  Kwak, Young Hoon ^a   Park, Jane ^a   Chung, Boo Young ^b   Ghosh, Saumyendu ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samsung SDS   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; project management practices; project based sector; technology acceptance model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; END-USERS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SYSTEM; INTERNAL SUPPORTS; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PROJECT-BASED; SUBJECTIVE NORM; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84860194350     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2111456     Document Type: Article

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