Organization design: the continuing influence of information technology

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 620-627

  Clay Dibrell, C ^a   Miller, Thomas R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Information technology; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099170     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210434016     Document Type: Article

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