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Businessperson or Technologist: Stock Market Reaction to the Alignment between CIO Background and Firm Strategy
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2022 | Journal of Management Information Systems | Citations: 1
Authors: Banker, Rajiv D.; Feng, Cecilia; Pavlou, Paul A.

Abstract: Chief Information Officers (CIOs) influence their firm's strategy implementation ... Expand

Abstract: Chief Information Officers (CIOs) influence their firm's strategy implementation and facilitate improved firm performance by effectively managing information technology (IT) resources. However, it remains unclear how firms select CIOs and how the stock market perceives the selection. We posit that firms' preferences regarding CIO background (business acumen versus technical expertise) depend on their strategic positioning. Also, we argue that the stock market pays attention to the alignment between the appointed CIO's background and firm strategy. To empirically examine this, we employ factor analysis on a sample of 1,287 CIOs with detailed biographic information on education, work experience, and certification to identify the CIO's background. Utilizing these measures, we examine whether the appointed CIO's background depends on the appointing firm's strategic positioning in a normative model. Then, we use a predictive model to test the stock market reactions to CIO appointments. We document that cost-leadership-leaning firms are more likely to appoint a CIO with a stronger business-oriented background, while differentiation-leaning firms are more likely to appoint a CIO with a stronger technical-oriented background. Interestingly, firms with misaligned CIO appointments suffer a negative stock market reaction. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of selecting aligned versus misaligned CIOs. Collapse

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Topics: Chief Information Officer accounting organizational productivity database system financial performance

Methods: Capital IQ descriptive statistic data transformation Compustat factor analysis

Theories: contingency theory
Digital at the edge – antecedents and performance effects of boundary resource deployment
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2022 | Journal of Strategic Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Zapadka, Patryk; Hanelt, André; Firk, Sebastian

Abstract: With business ecosystems digitalizing by the force of digital innovation, the de ... Expand

Abstract: With business ecosystems digitalizing by the force of digital innovation, the deployment of boundary resources (such as application programming interfaces: APIs) becomes a strategic op tion across contexts. We distinguish between boundary resources that provide access openness and those that provide resource openness, and theorize the antecedents and consequences of their deployment. Employing panel data regressions to a longitudinal cross-industry dataset, we find that the digital knowledge base of the focal firm and the existence of potential digital com plementors drive boundary resource deployment. Such deployment benefits firm performance depending on the firm’s market power. From our empirical analysis, we reveal a differentiated perspective on the quality of the confined openness provided by boundary resources as well as the embeddedness of their deployment in the rationales and motivations of the associated actors in digital business ecosystems. We complement the existent theoretical framework on boundary resources and provide valuable insights to managers reflecting about deploying boundary re sources in a beneficial way. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: application programming interface IT skill organizational productivity database system accounting

Methods: longitudinal research Wald test regression analysis method descriptive statistic autocorrelation analysis

Theories: contingency theory
Pathways to individual performance: Examining the interplay between knowledge bases and repository kms use
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2021 | Information & Management | Citations: 0
Authors: Iyengar, Kishen; Sweeney, Jeffrey; Montealegre, Ramiro

Abstract: The aims of this study are to gain further insight into the contingent performan ... Expand

Abstract: The aims of this study are to gain further insight into the contingent performance effects of repository knowledge management systems (KMS) use. While prior research has laid the foundations, a nuanced understanding of the interplay between the individual’s personal and social knowledge bases and KMS usage behaviors is missing. Drawing from prior information systems literature, we identify two components of KMS use, usage frequency and usage intensity. We examine the influence of knowledge bases on individual performance, and the moderating influence of the usage behaviors. We test the hypothesized research model on usage and performance data from 18,219 real estate agents. We find support for different pathways to individual performance based on configu rations of knowledge bases and usage behavior. Overall, the study provides an integrated view of the interplay between the three constituents of technology-based learning – cognition, behavior, and performance. Collapse

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Topics: information system use frequency of use knowledge base knowledge repository financial performance

Methods: experiment robustness check descriptive statistic literature study data modeling

Theories: social cognitive theory contingency theory
A Multilevel Contingency Model of Employee Ownership and Firm Productivity: The Moderating Roles of Industry Growth and Instability
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2021 | Organization Science | Citations: 0
Authors: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C.

Abstract: Many studies have examined the relationship between employee ownership and firm ... Expand

Abstract: Many studies have examined the relationship between employee ownership and firm productivity. However, research is lacking on how this relationship is strengthened or weakened by environmental characteristics. This is a critical oversight in the employee ownership literature because industry characteristics can significantly influence employees’ expected gains from their firm ownership. Thus, based on agency theory and expectancy theory, we develop a multilevel contingency model of employee ownership with industry growth and instability as boundary conditions. We test the proposed model with a sample of 573 firms in South Korea (Study 1: 1,415 firm years) and a sample of 892 firms in 28 European countries (Study 2: 4,768 firm years). In both studies, we find that employee ownership does not significantly contribute to firm productivity on its own. However, we find a significant three-way interaction effect of employee ownership, industry growth, and industry instability on firm productivity. Specifically, employee ownership is most effective at improving firm productivity when both industry growth and industry instability are high. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the findings. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: organizational productivity database system productivity research and development financial performance

Methods: statistical hypothesis test survey descriptive statistic theory development regression analysis method

Theories: expectancy theory of motivation agency theory contingency theory economic theory motivation theory
Evaluating Board Candidates: A Threat-Contingency Model of Shareholder Dissent Against Female Director Candidates
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2021 | Organization Science | Citations: 0
Authors: Mitra, Arjun; Post, Corinne; Sauerwald, Steve

Abstract: Given the growing corporate social responsibility (CSR) pressures to increase bo ... Expand

Abstract: Given the growing corporate social responsibility (CSR) pressures to increase board gender diversity and the scrutiny afforded to firms that fail to appoint female directors, one may expect shareholders to vote with greater support for women (than for men) nominated to boards. However, diversity management research suggests that pressures to improve female representation in organizations and in leadership roles may also backfire. We propose a threat-contingency model of shareholder dissent against female director candidates to explain when shareholders will be more or less likely to dissent against female (relative to male) directors. Specifically, we advance CSR legitimacy threats and agency threats as conditions contextualizing shareholder dissent against female director candidates. Using a sample of 50,202 director elections at 1,104 public firms from 2003 to 2015, we find that female directors receive less dissent from shareholders; further, low female board representation intensifies this leniency as CSR legitimacy threats become more salient. However, when firm-related agency threats occur (e.g., firm underperformance and media controversies), shareholders’ leniency toward female director candidates dissipates, and when directors themselves present agency threats (e.g., director attendance problems and nonindependence), shareholders evaluate female directors more harshly than male directors. Underlining the relevance of our theory, our supplementary analyses show that shareholder dissent increases the probability of director turnover. These findings contribute to theory and research on women on boards, firm responses to institutional pressures, and shareholder dissent. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: database system social norm national culture social identity decision making

Methods: descriptive statistic theory development structural equation modeling instrumental variables estimation logistic regression

Theories: contingency theory
Incumbent System Context and Job Outcomes of Effective Enterprise System Use
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2020 | Journal of the Association for Information Systems | Citations: 3
Authors: Hornyak, Robert; Rai, Arun; Dong, John Qi

Abstract: Enterprise system (ES) implementations frequently fail to deliver job benefits f ... Expand

Abstract: Enterprise system (ES) implementations frequently fail to deliver job benefits for employees, many of whom are dissatisfied with these systems that were implemented to support them in their jobs. The literature is clear that the realization of job benefits depends on how these systems are used, motivating us to focus on the determinants and outcomes of effective ES use. Focusing on employees’ use of systems to support their work processes, we examine how employees’ pre-implementation context—specifically, the use of an incumbent system and the associated work processes—affects their performance expectancy of a new ES and, consequently, their effective use of the ES and the resulting job outcomes. Our results suggest that (1) employees’ perceptions of two facets of information transparency based on incumbent system use, namely information visibility and information credibility, have different impacts on employees’ performance expectancy of a new ES depending on their perceptions of process standardization in the incumbent system context, and that (2) effective ES use mediates the impact of pre-implementation performance expectancy on post-implementation user satisfaction and, consequently, job effectiveness. Our findings provide insights into the mechanisms linking the context of using an incumbent system to post-implementation effective ES use and job outcomes, thereby integrating perspectives from technology acceptance and use, IS success, and work design. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: information system use user satisfaction technology adoption IS success electronic mail

Methods: survey longitudinal research statistical hypothesis test partial least squares regression data transformation

Theories: contingency theory organizational behavior theory
Peers matter: The moderating role of social influence on information security policy compliance
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2020 | Information Systems Journal | Citations: 30
Authors: Yazdanmehr, Adel; Wang, Jingguo; Yang, Zhiyong

Abstract: Information security in an organization largely depends on employee compliance w ... Expand

Abstract: Information security in an organization largely depends on employee compliance with information security policy (ISP). Previous studies have mainly explored the effects of command-and-control and self-regulatory approaches on employee ISP compliance. However, how social influence at both individual and organizational levels impacts the effectiveness of these two approaches has not been adequately explored. This study proposes a social contingency model in which a rules-oriented ethical climate (employee perception of a rules-adherence environment) at the organizational level and susceptibility to interpersonal influence (employees observing common practices via peer interactions) at the individual level interact with both command-and-control and self-regulatory approaches to affect ISP compliance. Using employee survey data, we found that these two social influence factors weaken the effects of both command-and-control and self-regulatory approaches on ISP compliance. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: social influence data security security policy intrinsic motivation communication service infrastructure

Methods: survey descriptive statistic partial least squares regression literature study scale reliability

Theories: contingency theory general deterrence theory deterrence theory
Board IT Governance in Context: Considering Governance Style and Environmental Dynamism Contingencies
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2019 | Information Systems Management | Citations: 8
Authors: Liu, Peng; Turel, Ofir; Bart, Chris

Abstract: We theorize that IT governance (ITG) by the board of directors is most effective ... Expand

Abstract: We theorize that IT governance (ITG) by the board of directors is most effective when there is a fit between the dynamics of the business environment and the governance style through which board ITG is delivered. Survey findings from 110 board members largely supported these assertions. Findings show that authoritative governance style and environmental dynamism represent important boundary conditions for the efficacy of board ITG to achieve performance gains. Research and practical implications are discussed. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: organizational productivity corporate governance IT leadership IT governance IS value

Methods: survey theory development data transformation confirmatory factor analysis SEM tool

Theories: contingency theory ambidexterity theory reactance theory
How to Generate More Value from IT: The Interplay of IT Investment, Decision Making Structure, and Senior Management Involvement in IT Governance
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2019 | Communications of the Association for Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Turedi, Serdar; Zhu, Hongwei

Abstract: Information technology (IT) represents a large portion of an organization’s inve ... Expand

Abstract: Information technology (IT) represents a large portion of an organization’s investments. Prior research has identified the linkage between IT investment and productivity. Numerous factors affect the value an organization can derive from its IT investment. However, extant literature has insufficiently studied IT governance’s impact on IT’s business value. In this study, we help to fill this gap by investigating the effects of IT decision making structure mechanisms and senior management’s IT governance involvement on the relationship between IT investment and organizational performance. This study builds on a novel framework that integrates two theories on IT in an organizational setting: strategic choice theory and contingency theory. We pool organization-level IT investment and IT governance practice data with other organization characteristics to investigate the moderating effects of IT governance practices. The empirical analyses reveal a positive moderating effect of IT decision marking structure mechanisms on the IT investment–organization performance relationship. Nevertheless, the results indicate that senior management’s IT involvement has no significant effect on this relationship. This study shows the importance of IT governance for organizations to effectively leverage their IT investment. Collapse

Semantic filters: standard deviation contingency theory

Topics: organizational productivity IT investment decision making IT governance information technology infrastructure

Methods: descriptive statistic regression analysis method qualitative interview theory development cross sectional research

Theories: contingency theory strategic choice theory theory of economic recessions
A Risk Mitigation Framework for Information Technology Projects: A Cultural Contingency Perspective
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2019 | Journal of Management Information Systems | Citations: 7
Authors: Maruping, Likoebe M.; Venkatesh, Viswanath; Thong, James Y. L.; Zhang, Xiaojun

Abstract: As new information technology (IT) platforms continue to emerge, the technical p ... Expand

Abstract: As new information technology (IT) platforms continue to emerge, the technical project risk associated with developing IT projects for these platforms is particularly challenging for organizations. We develop a nomological network of people, process, and technology to gain insight into how the effect of technical project risk can be mitigated at the IT project team level. Drawing on cultural contingency theory, the IT project risk framework, and the IT project management literature, we elaborate on the IT project team composition and team processes necessary to mitigate technical project risk. We tested the nomological network by conducting a field study of 325 IT project teams over a 3-year period at a large corporation in China. We found that project risk mitigation processes mediated the effect of IT project teams' cultural composition on IT project performance, and the effect of these processes on IT project performance was stronger under high levels of technical project risk compared to low levels of such risk. By incorporating the cultural contingency theory into developing a nomological network of technical risk mitigation processes, this work not only contributes to the IT project management literature, but also provides suggestions for practitioners on how to better leverage people, process, and technology in mitigating IT project risks. Collapse

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Topics: project management IT project team project productivity IT project IT project management

Methods: theory development statistical hypothesis test field study survey regression analysis method

Theories: contingency theory

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Businessperson or Technologist: Stock Market Reaction to the Alignment between CIO Background and Firm Strategy

Digital at the edge – antecedents and performance effects of boundary resource deployment

Pathways to individual performance: Examining the interplay between knowledge bases and repository kms use

A Multilevel Contingency Model of Employee Ownership and Firm Productivity: The Moderating Roles of Industry Growth and Instability

Evaluating Board Candidates: A Threat-Contingency Model of Shareholder Dissent Against Female Director Candidates

Incumbent System Context and Job Outcomes of Effective Enterprise System Use

Peers matter: The moderating role of social influence on information security policy compliance

Board IT Governance in Context: Considering Governance Style and Environmental Dynamism Contingencies

How to Generate More Value from IT: The Interplay of IT Investment, Decision Making Structure, and Senior Management Involvement in IT Governance

A Risk Mitigation Framework for Information Technology Projects: A Cultural Contingency Perspective