Changes in employees' job characteristics during an enterprise system implementation: A latent growth modeling perspective

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1113-1140

  Bala, Hillol ^a   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process; Enterprise systems; Job characteristics; Job control; Job demands; Job satisfaction; Latent growth modeling; Process characteristics; Technology characteristics; Work process

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; JOB SATISFACTION;

BUSINESS PROCESS; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; GROWTH MODELING; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB CONTROL; JOB DEMANDS; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS; WORK PROCESS;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84885955840     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.4.06     Document Type: Review

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