Contextualizing organizational interventions of knowledge management systems: A design science perspective

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 948-966

  Baloh, Peter ^a   Desouza, Kevin C ^b   Hackney, Ray ^c  

^a IEDC Bled School of Management   (Slovenia)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business Processes; Design Science; Evolutionary Information Processing; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Management Systems; Task Technology Fit

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; DESIGN SCIENCE; EVOLUTIONARY INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT;

DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860638614     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22599     Document Type: Review

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