Enacting clan control in complex IT projects: A social capital perspective

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 577-600

  Chua, Cecil Eng Huang ^a   Lim, Wee Kiat ^b   Soh, Christina ^c   Sia, Siew Kien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral control theory; Clan control; Enterprise systems; Formal control; IT projects; Project control; Project management; Social capital

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL CONTROL THEORIES; CLAN CONTROLS; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; FORMAL CONTROLS; IT PROJECT; PROJECT CONTROL; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864928071     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41703468     Document Type: Article

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