Everyday power struggles: Living in an IOIS project

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-94

  Hekkala, Riitta ^a   Urquhart, Cathy ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grounded theory; IOIS projects; power

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDED THEORY; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; INTERPRETIVE STUDY; IOIS PROJECTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE; ORGANISATIONAL; POWER;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870260509     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2012.43     Document Type: Review

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