Drivers of individual performance in IT offshore outsourcing projects - a case study from the German banking industry

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 723-730

  Gregory, Robert ^a   Beck, Roman ^a   Prifling, Michael ^a  

^a E Finance Lab   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural IS research; Exploratory case study; Individual performance in offshore outsourcing; IT project management

Indexed keywords

BANKING INDUSTRY; CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION; EXPECTANCY THEORY; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY; GOAL-SETTING; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INTERPRETIVE CASE STUDIES; MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; OPEN COMMUNICATION; PERFORMANCE MODEL; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SELF EFFICACY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; THEORY BUILDING;

CLARIFIERS; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870381517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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