How user risk and requirements risk moderate the effects of formal and informal control on the process performance of IT projects

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 650-672

  Keil, Mark ^a   Rai, Arun ^a   Liu, Shan ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

formal and informal controls; IT project management; process performance; requirements risk; user risk

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMAL CONTROLS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; IT PROJECT MANAGEMENTS; MODERATING EFFECT; OVER-BUDGET; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH MODELS; SOLID CONTROL;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84887070239     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2012.42     Document Type: Article

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