Personal information management effectiveness of knowledge workers: Conceptual development and empirical validation

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 588-606

  Hwang, Yujong ^a,b   Kettinger, William J ^c   Yi, Mun Y ^d  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

job performance; knowledge management; need for cognition; Personal information management effectiveness; questionnaire survey; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

JOB PERFORMANCE; NEED FOR COGNITIONS; PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SELF EFFICACY;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84948414275     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2014.24     Document Type: Article

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