Determinants of relationship quality for IS/IT outsourcing success in public sector

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-475

  Swar, Bobby ^a   Moon, Junghoon ^b   Oh, Junyoung ^a   Rhee, Cheul ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IS IT outsourcing; IS IT outsourcing in public sector; Outsourcing success; Relational exchange theory; Relationship quality; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCED PROJECTS; OUTSOURCING PROJECTS; OUTSOURCING SUCCESS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY FACTORS; RELATIONAL EXCHANGE THEORY; RELATIONSHIP MODEL; SOCIAL EXCHANGE; SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84861457074     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-010-9292-7     Document Type: Article

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