The role of formal controls in facilitating information system diffusion

Information and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-609

  Abubakre, Mumin A ^a   Ravishankar, M N ^b   Coombs, Crispin R ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IS diffusion; IS implementation; Organizational control; User resistance

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONTROL MECHANISM; DIFFUSION PROCESS; EFFECTIVE FORCES; FORMAL CONTROLS; IS IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; USER RESISTANCES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84937845751     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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