From use to effective use: A representation theory perspective

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 632-658

  Burton Jones, Andrew ^a,b   Grange, Camille ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective system use; Goals; Performance; Representation theory; System structure

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA;

EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; GOALS; PERFORMANCE; REPRESENTATION THEORY; SYSTEM STRUCTURES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84885143923     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1120.0444     Document Type: Article

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