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Internet adoption and use in small firms: internal processes, organisational culture and the roles of the owner‐manager and key staff
Author(s) -
Martin Lynn
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2005.00153.x
Subject(s) - typology , business , the internet , key (lock) , organizational culture , knowledge management , internal communications , marketing , public relations , sociology , political science , ecology , anthropology , biology , world wide web , computer science
Emerging from a study of Internet adoption in UK Midlands manufacturing small firms is a new typology characterising owners and key staff as Warriors, Interpreters, Clerks and Priests. This typology is used to explore the impacts of internal factors and organisational culture on innovation and new technology usage in small firms.