Complementarities between information technology and human resource practices in knowledge work

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tafti, Ali ^a   Krishnan, M S ^a   Mithas, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Governance; Human resources; Information technology; IT professionals; Knowledge work; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GOVERNANCE; HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES; IT INVESTMENTS; IT PROFESSIONAL; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTIVITY IMPACTS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WORK PRACTICES;

ALIGNMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84870960591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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