An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value
This paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS) and IT value. We extend the concept of TMS w...
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| author | José Fernando López-Muñoz Alejandro Escribá-Esteve |
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| description | This paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS) and IT value. We extend the concept of TMS with the imbrication metaphor to define the construct of TMT-IT imbrication, which allows us to account for a tighter and continuous entwining of the TMT and IT to create IT value. Our definition of the TMT-IT imbrication construct embraces four dimensions: involvement, participation, attention, and use. In addition, with the support of upper echelons (UE) theory, we explore certain managerial traits, competences, and team processes that may be antecedents of this imbrication. As a result, our work provides a variance model and various propositions rooted in the logic of UE that contribute to research on IT business value. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b674fa008ec47089de7ef80b94d899e2022-12-22T02:43:35ZspaElsevierEuropean Research on Management and Business Economics2444-88342017-09-0123317318110.1016/j.iedeen.2017.02.003An upper echelons perspective on information technology business valueJosé Fernando López-Muñoz0Alejandro Escribá-Esteve1Jaume I University, Departamento de Administración de Empresas y Marketing, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Económicas, Campus del Riu Sec, Avda. Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, E-12071 Castellón de la Plana, SpainUniversity of Valencia, Departamento de Dirección de Empresas, Facultad de Economía, Avda. Tarongers, s/n, 46022 Valencia, SpainThis paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS) and IT value. We extend the concept of TMS with the imbrication metaphor to define the construct of TMT-IT imbrication, which allows us to account for a tighter and continuous entwining of the TMT and IT to create IT value. Our definition of the TMT-IT imbrication construct embraces four dimensions: involvement, participation, attention, and use. In addition, with the support of upper echelons (UE) theory, we explore certain managerial traits, competences, and team processes that may be antecedents of this imbrication. As a result, our work provides a variance model and various propositions rooted in the logic of UE that contribute to research on IT business value.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883417300098IT valueTop management supportUpper echelonsImbrication |
| spellingShingle | José Fernando López-Muñoz Alejandro Escribá-Esteve An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value European Research on Management and Business Economics IT value Top management support Upper echelons Imbrication |
| title | An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| title_full | An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| title_fullStr | An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| title_full_unstemmed | An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| title_short | An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| title_sort | upper echelons perspective on information technology business value |
| topic | IT value Top management support Upper echelons Imbrication |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883417300098 |
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