What's the weather like? the effect of team learning climate, empowerment climate, and gender on individuals' technology exploration and use

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-114

  Maruping, Likoebe ^a   Magni, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

collaboration technology; intention to explore; multilevel research; postadoption use; team climate; team technology use; usage scope

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENTION TO EXPLORE; POSTADOPTION USE; TEAM CLIMATE; TEAM TECHNOLOGIES; USAGE SCOPE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84867289211     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222290103     Document Type: Article

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