Impression Management and Information Technology

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Information technology will be the most pervasive and important influence on individuals and organizations in the next 10 years. Impression management is a growing field of study in the management and organizational sciences, which studies the self-presentational approach of individuals and the organizations. This collection of papers is both exploratory and innovative, examining new ways for the corporation to effect its strategy, its organizational design and its development as they are stimulated by the introduction and evolution of information technology. Understanding impression management theory as it moves further into the mainstream of research and practice is critical to corporate strategists, academics, and students.

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JON W. BEARD is Associate Professor in the Computer Management and Information Systems Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville./e Prior to joining the faculty of SIUE, he taught in the Management Department of Lowry Mays College and at the Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University.