What makes "the System" tick?-Explaining individuals' adaptation behavior towards effective use in enterprise system implementations

35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lauterbach, Jens ^a   Kahrau, Felix ^a   Mueller, Benjamin ^b   Maedche, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation behavior; Artifacts; Assimilation; Effective use; Enterprise system; Learning; Ostensive aspect; Performances; User adaptation; Work system

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

ADAPTATION BEHAVIOR; ARTIFACTS; ASSIMILATION; EFFECTIVE USE; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; LEARNING; OSTENSIVE ASPECT; PERFORMANCES; USER ADAPTATION; WORK SYSTEM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85107714763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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