The embeddedness of information systems habits in organizational and individual level routines: Development and disruption

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-246

  Polites, Greta L ^a   Karahanna, Elena ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Cognitive scripts; Context change; Environmental triggers; Habit disruption; Incumbent system; IS habit; Organizational routines

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES;

AUTOMATICITY; COGNITIVE SCRIPTS; CONTEXT CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS; HABIT DISRUPTION; INCUMBENT SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873948861     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.1.10     Document Type: Review

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