An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value

  1. José Fernando López-Muñoz 1
  2. Alejandro Escribá-Esteve 2
  1. 1 Universitat Jaume I
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    Universitat Jaume I

    Castelló de la Plana, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02ws1xc11

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
European Research on Management and Business Economics

ISSN: 2444-8834

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 23

Número: 3

Páginas: 173-181

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.IEDEEN.2017.02.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: European Research on Management and Business Economics

Resumen

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.

Información de financiación

The authors appreciate the financial supportfrom the ECO2012-32718 and ECO2016-80002-R research projects, funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain)

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