Evaluation effect of management information system implementation on personnel resistance causes in Isfahan power plant management corporation in Iran

Abstract

The objective of the present research is to assess roles of management information system implementation on personnel and managers resistance causes in Isfahan Power Plant Management Corporation in Iran. The research questions were based on effects of management information system implementation on individual, group - social and organizational resistance causes of personnel and managers. With regard to this matter, in this research, the researchers intended to study the effects of management information system implementation on the resistance causes of personnel. Thus the research methodology has been of descriptive with survey research. The findings of research indicated that management information system implementation created individual resistance causes in personnel. But has not created group - social and organizational resistance causes on personnel. Thus, overall it was concluded that management information system implementation created personnel resistance causes. On the other hand, research findings showed that management information system implementation did not created individual, group - social resistance causes on managers. But created organizational resistance causes. Overall, it was concluded that management information system implementation did not create managers resistance causes. © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.