The Gestalt of an information technology outsourcing relationship: An exploratory analysis

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 37-58

  Kern, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretivism; IT outsourcing; IT outsourcing relationship; MIS management; Relational contract theory; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING; INTERPRETIVISM; IT OUTSOURCING; OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIONAL CONTRACTS; SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 85018563575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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