The Improvisation effect: A case study of user improvisation and its effects on information system evolution;Effet de l'improvisation: Une étude de cas de l'improvisation de l'utilisateur et de ses effets sur l'évolution du système d'information

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  McGann, Sean T ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvisation; Information system evolution; Longitudinal multi site case study; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

IMPROVISATION; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; MODEL YIELDS; MULTI-SITE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS;

DYNAMIC MODELS; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870962049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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