Managing user resistance to open source migration

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kim, Hee Woong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Equity implementation model; Open source software; Technology adoption; User resistance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION INTENTION; IMPLEMENTATION MODELS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MODELS;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870973063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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