Work routines as an object of resistance during information systems implementations: Theoretical foundation and empirical evidence

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 317-343

  Laumer, Sven ^a   Maier, Christian ^a   Eckhardt, Andreas ^b   Weitzel, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS)   (Germany)

Author keywords

change management; technology acceptance; user resistance; work routines; work system theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; PERSONNEL; SYSTEM THEORY;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; RESOURCES INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; USER RESISTANCES; WORK ROUTINES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84979020937     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2016.1     Document Type: Article

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