Impact of top management leadership styles on ERP assimilation and the role of organizational learning

Information and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 902-919

  Shao, Zhen ^a   Feng, Yuqiang ^a   Hu, Qing ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP assimilation; Exploitative learning; Exploratory learning; Organizational learning culture; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ERP ASSIMILATIONS; EXPLOITATIVE LEARNING; EXPLORATORY LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 85011578810     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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