The Role of Task Characteristics and Organizational Culture in Non-Work-Related Computing: A Fit Perspective

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-151

  Bock, Gee Woo ^a   Shin, Yuhyung ^b   Liu, Ping ^c   Sun, Hua ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

fit; Non work related computing; organizational culture; task characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864559876     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1795377.1795385     Document Type: Article

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