PRACTICAL AND VALUE COMPATIBILITY: THEIR ROLES IN THE ADOPTION, DIFFUSION, AND SUCCESS OF TELECOMMUTING

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 103-112

  Harrington, Susan J ^a   Ruppel, Cynthia P ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

capability; corporate culture; IT management; Telecommuting; values

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; PERSONNEL;

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CAPABILITY; CORPORATE CULTURE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; IS PERSONNEL; IT MANAGEMENT; MAJOR FACILITATOR; VALUE; WORK PRACTICES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 85138742517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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