The stage hypothesis and the s-curve: some contradictory evidence
Communications of the ACM
Managing the computer resource: a stage hypothesis
Communications of the ACM
Thoughts about the fifth stage
ACM SIGMIS Database
Factors influencing the use of DP chargeback information
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Impact of organizational maturity on user satisfaction with information systems
SIGCPR '85 Proceedings of the twenty-first annual conference on Computer personnel research
Growth stages of end user computing
Communications of the ACM
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ACM SIGMIS Database
Organizational issues of end-user computing
ACM SIGMIS Database
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ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Relationships between selected organizational factors and systems development
Communications of the ACM
A stage maturity model for enterprise resource planning systems use
ACM SIGMIS Database
Scientific progress of management information systems
ACM SIGMIS Database
Understanding intranets in the context of end-user computing
ACM SIGMIS Database
Development scenarios for organizational memory information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Data mining
Journal of Management Information Systems
Organization designs for the management of end-user computing: reexamining the contingencies
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Information technology and organization design
An evolutionary stage model of cyberspace: a case study of Samsung Economic Research Institute
Journal of Information Science
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Journal of Management Information Systems
Changes in MIS research: status and themes from 1989 to 2000
International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
Small-firm computing: motivators and inhibitors
MIS Quarterly
Corporate productivity and the stages of ICT development
Information Technology and Management
International Journal of Information Technology and Management
Managing IS Development: A Contingency-Growth Approach
Information Resources Management Journal
Measurement of Information Technology Sophistication in Small Manufacturing Businesses
Information Resources Management Journal
Assessment of End-User Computing from an Organizational Perspective
Information Resources Management Journal
An Empirical Reassessment of the Measure of Information System Sophistication
Information Resources Management Journal
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The stage hypothesis on the assimilation of computing technology provides one of the most popular models for describing and managing the growth of administrative information systems. Despite little formal evidence of its reliability or robustness, it has achieved a high level of acceptance among practitioners. We describe and summarize the findings of seven empirical studies conducted during the past six years that tested various hypotheses derived from this model. The accumulation of evidence from these studies casts considerable doubt on the validity of the stage hypothesis as an explanatory structure for the growth of computing in organizations.3~