Technology as traitor: Emergent sap infrastructure in a global organization

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 188-196

  Hanseth, Ole ^a   Braa, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

CHANGE AGENTS; CHANGE PROCESS; GLOBAL ORGANIZATION; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; NORSK HYDROS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; TOP MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84865096422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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