Learning in enterprise system support: Specialization, task type and network characteristics

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Deng, Xuefei ^a   Chandler, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP support; IS professional; Knowledge management; Learning; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

BETWEENNESS; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; HUMAN CAPITALS; IS PROFESSIONAL; LEARNING; LEARNING BY EXPERIENCE; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE EFFECT; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; RESEARCH MODELS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SUPPORT SERVICES; TASK TYPE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84870960582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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