Factors influencing the adoption of information technology in a construction business

Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Sargent, Kimberley ^a   Hyland, Paul ^a   Sawang, Sukanlaya ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Resistance; Technology adoption; Top management support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862279725     PISSN: 18356354     EISSN: 18379133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5130/ajceb.v12i2.2448     Document Type: Article

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